Journal article
Fracture Risk in Living Kidney Donors: A Matched Cohort Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Chronic kidney disease increases the risk of bone fragility fractures (osteoporotic fractures). Living kidney donors lose 50% of their renal mass and show changes in calcium homeostasis. We studied whether living kidney donation increases the risk of fragility fracture.
DESIGN: Retrospective matched-cohort study.
Authors
Garg AX; Pouget J; Young A; Huang A; Boudville N; Hodsman A; Adachi JD; Leslie WD; Cadarette SM; Lok CE
Journal
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 770–776
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2012
DOI
10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.01.013
ISSN
0272-6386
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Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultAge DistributionCase-Control StudiesConfidence IntervalsDatabases, FactualFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFractures, SpontaneousHumansIncidenceKidney TransplantationLiving DonorsLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedNephrectomyOntarioPoisson DistributionProportional Hazards ModelsReference ValuesRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSex DistributionTime Factors