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SUBMITTER: Yu AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5316377 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Alison J AJ Norris Keith C KC Cheung Alfred K AK Yan Guofen G
Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis 20160818 2
<h4>Introduction</h4>While it has been well documented that in the U.S., black and Hispanic dialysis patients have overall lower risks of death than white dialysis patients, little is known whether their lower risks are observed in cause-specific deaths. Additionally, recent research reported that younger black patients have a higher risk of death, but the source is unclear. Therefore, this study examined cause-specific deaths among US dialysis patients by race/ethnicity and age.<h4>Methods</h4> ...[more]