Race, Serum Potassium, and Associations With ESRD and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent studies suggest that potassium levels may differ by race. The basis for these differences and whether associations between potassium levels and adverse outcomes differ by race are unknown.

Study design

Observational study.

Setting & participants

Associations between race and potassium level and the interaction of race and potassium level with outcomes were investigated in the Racial and Cardiovascular Risk Anomalies in Chronic Kidney Disease (RCAV) Study, a cohort of US veterans (N=2,662,462). Associations between African ancestry and potassium level were investigated in African Americans in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (N=3,450).

Predictors

Race (African American vs non-African American and percent African ancestry) fo

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5526716 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature