Journal article
Age Affects Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common among the elderly. However, little is known about how the clinical implications of CKD vary with age. We examined the age-specific incidence of death, treated end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and change in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) among 209,622 US veterans with CKD stages 3 to 5 followed for a mean of 3.2 years. Patients aged 75 years or older at baseline comprised 47% of the overall …
Authors
O'Hare AM; Choi AI; Bertenthal D; Bacchetti P; Garg AX; Kaufman JS; Walter LC; Mehta KM; Steinman MA; Allon M
Journal
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 18, No. 10, pp. 2758–2765
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
10 2007
DOI
10.1681/asn.2007040422
ISSN
1046-6673