Associations of plasma fibroblast growth factor 23 and other markers of chronic kidney disease-Mineral and bone disorder with all-cause mortality in South African patients on maintenance dialysis: A 3-year prospective cohort study.

Higher levels of intact FGF 23 appear not to be independently associated with all-cause mortality in our dialysis patients, while hypercalcaemia and severe hyperparathyroidism were found to be independent predictors of mortality in this cohort of patients.