Association of chronic kidney disease with mortality risk in patients with lung cancer: a nationwide Taiwan population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Our population-based research aimed to clarify the association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and mortality risk in patients with lung cancer. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study SETTING: National health insurance research database in Taiwan PARTICIPANTS: All (n=1 37 077) Taiwanese residents who were diagnosed with lung cancer between 1997 and 2012 were identified. Eligible patients with baseline CKD (n=2269) were matched with controls (1:4, n=9076) without renal disease according to age, sex and the index day of lung cancer diagnosis. METHODS:The cumulative incidence of death was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method, and the risk determinants were explored by the Cox proportional hazards model. RESULTS:Mortality occurred in 1866 (82.24%) and 7135 (78.61%) patients with and

SUBMITTER: Wei YF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786081 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature