Trends in relative mortality between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites initiating dialysis: a retrospective study of the US Renal Data System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hispanic patients undergoing long-term dialysis experience better survival compared with non-Hispanic whites. It is unknown whether this association differs by age, has changed over time, or is due to differential access to kidney transplantation.

Study design

National retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

Using the US Renal Data System, we identified 615,618 white patients 18 years or older who initiated dialysis therapy between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2007.

Predictors

Hispanic ethnicity (vs non-Hispanic whites), year of end-stage renal disease incidence, age (as potential effect modifier).

Outcomes

All-cause and cause-specific mortality.

Results

We found that Hispanics initiating dialysis therapy experienced low

SUBMITTER: Arce CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169882 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature