Age may explain the association of an early dialysis initiation with poor survival

Conclusion: History of ischemic heart disease, serum albumin and dialysis start before 2005 were risk factors for mortality in ESRD patients. Older age is usually associated with early dialysis initiation, so age adjustment is needed to perform studies aimed to calculate the effect of eGFR at dialysis initiation on survival.

Source: QJM - October 24, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Soler, M. J., Montero, N., Pascual, M. J., Barrios, C., Marquez, E., Orfila, M. A., Cao, H., Arcos, E., Collado, S., Comas, J., Pascual, J. Tags: Original papers Source Type: research