Racial-ethnic differences in chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder in youth on dialysis.
Marciana L LasterMelissa SoohooElani StrejaRobert ElashoffStephanie JerniganCraig B LangmanKeith C NorrisIsidro B SaluskyKamyar Kalantar-ZadehPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2018)
There are racial-ethnic differences in the markers of MBM. Higher PTH is seen in African-American and Hispanic children and young adults on dialysis with a magnification of this difference amongst the female population. There is a need to consider how factors like race, ethnicity, and gender impact the goal-targeted treatment of MBM disorders.