Comparing Five Comorbidity Indices to Predict Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several different indices summarize patient comorbidity using health care data. An accurate index can be used to describe the risk profile of patients, and as an adjustment factor in analyses. How well these indices perform in persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not well known.

Objective

Assess the performance of 5 comorbidity indices at predicting mortality in 3 different patient groups with CKD: incident kidney transplant recipients, maintenance dialysis patients, and individuals with low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).

Design

Population-based retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Ontario, Canada, between 2004 and 2014.

Patients

Individuals at the time they first received a kidney transplant, received maintenance dialysis

SUBMITTER: McArthur E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6195002 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature