Uric Acid Levels and All-Cause Mortality in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

• Main Authors: Sheng Feng (Author), Linseng Jiang (Author), Yongbing Shi (Author), Huaying Shen (Author), Xiaosong Shi (Author), Donghua Jin (Author), Ying Zeng (Author), Zhi Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Epidemiological studies have shown that hyperuricemia is associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hemodialysis patients. Our study investigated the influence of serum uric acid (UA) levels on survival in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients....