Association of very Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol with All-cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Peritoneal Dialysis

• Main Authors: Xishao Xie (Author), Xiaohui Zhang (Author), Shilong Xiang (Author), Xingqun Yan (Author), Haojie Huang (Author), Yuanshi Tian (Author), Zhangfei Shou (Author), Jianghua Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in dialysis patients. Little is known about the relationship between very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) and cardiovascular mortality in these patients. Methods: A total of 1324 incident patients who began cont...