Racial and Ethnic Variations in Mortality Rates for Patients Undergoing Maintenance Dialysis Treated in US Territories Compared with the US 50 States.

Guofen YanJenny I ShenRubette HarfordWei YuRobert NeeMary Jo ClarkJose FlaqueJose ColonFrancisco TorreYlene RodriguezJane GeorgesLawrence AgodoaKeith C Norris

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2019)

Mortality rates for patients undergoing dialysis in the United States territories differ substantially by race/ethnicity compared with the 50 states. After matched analyses for comparable age and risk factors, mortality risk no longer differed for whites or blacks, but remained much greater for territory-dwelling Hispanics and Asians.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
risk factors
chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
cardiovascular events
peritoneal dialysis
coronary artery disease
newly diagnosed