Association between anemia and mortality in hemodialysis patients is modified by the presence of diabetes.

CONCLUSIONS: We found that non-diabetic HD patients had an increased risk of all-cause mortality if they had lower Hb levels, whereas the effect of Hb levels on mortality was attenuated in diabetic HD patients. These data suggest that the association between Hb levels and mortality rate could be different between diabetic and non-diabetic HD patients. PMID: 33555578 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Nephrology - February 8, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Maruyama Y, Kanda E, Kikuchi K, Abe M, Masakane I, Yokoo T, Nitta K Tags: J Nephrol Source Type: research