Risk of ESRD in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although incidence rates of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States are reported routinely by the US Renal Data System (USRDS), risks (probabilities) are not reported. Short- and long-term risk estimates need to be updated and expanded to minority populations, including Native Americans, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics.

Study design

Risk estimation from surveillance data in large populations using life-table methods. A competing-risks framework was applied by constructing a hypothetical cohort followed from birth to death.

Setting & participants

Total US population. Incidence and mortality rates of ESRD were obtained from the USRDS; all-cause mortality rates were obtained from CDC WONDER.

Predictors

Age, sex, race/ethnicity, and ye

SUBMITTER: Albertus P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123906 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature