Why the study?
Does mortality risk differ among non-Hispanic blacks, non-Hispanic whites, and Hispanics on dialysis across different age groups?
Population
1,282,201 incident dialysis patients ages 18 years or older identified in the United States Renal Data…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 22.3 months
Authors
Loading...
Age-specific racial mortality patterns in dialysis warrant caution for young black adults; leaves open causal mechanisms and targeted interventions.
Does mortality risk differ among non-Hispanic blacks, non-Hispanic whites, and Hispanics on dialysis across different age groups?
In US dialysis patients, Hispanics have the lowest mortality risk, while non-Hispanic blacks have lower mortality than whites after age 30 but higher mortality between ages 18 and 30.
Robert J. Shprintzen (1994) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: