Abnormal Mineral Metabolism and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: Evidence From Marginal Structural Models Used to Adjust for Time-Dependent Confounding

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
3847816	American Journal of Kidney Diseases	2014	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

These results reinforce the idea that serum calcium (in addition to phosphorus) level is an important predictor of the absolute risk of death in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Keywords

Clinical epidemiology End-stage renal disease mineral metabolism Death Hemodialysis Parathyroid hormone (PTH)hyperphosphatemia Hyperparathyroidism Calcium

Related Topics

Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Nephrology

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Abnormal Mineral Metabolism and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients With Secondary Hyperparathyroidism: Evidence From Marginal Structural Models Used to Adjust for Time-Dependent Confounding

Authors

Masafumi MD, PhD, Ryo MD, PhD, MPH, Hirotaka MD, PhD, Yoshihiro PhD, MPH, Takuhiro PhD, Takeshi MD, PhD, MPH, Noriaki MD, Shingo MD, Tadao MD, PhD, Shunichi MD, DMSc,