Factors associating with differences in the incidence of renal replacement therapy among elderly: data from the ERA-EDTA Registry.

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The incidence of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the general population ≥75 years of age varies considerably between countries and regions in Europe. Our aim was to study characteristics and survival of elderly RRT patients and to find explanations for differences in RRT incidence.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Nephrol. Dial. Transplant.

Title: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1460-2385

ISSN (Print): 0931-0509

Publication date (Electronic): August 01 2018

Volume: 33

Issue: 8

Affiliations

[1 ] Finnish Registry for Kidney Diseases, Helsinki, Finland.

[2 ] Abdominal Center Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

[3 ] ERA-EDTA Registry, Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

[4 ] Renal Registry of Aragon, Aragon Health Service, Arogan, Spain.

[5 ] Coordination nationale de REIN, Agence de la biomédecine, France.

[6 ] Sección de Nefrologia, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain.

[7 ] Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Hypertension, Dutch-speaking Belgian Renal Registry (NBVN), Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.

[8 ] Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

[9 ] Service de Néphrologie, Centre hospitalier et universitaire de Limoges, Limoges, France.

[10 ] Department of Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.

[11 ] Department of Nephrology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.

[12 ] Veneto Dialysis and Transplantation Registry, Regional Epidemiology System, Padua, Italy.

[13 ] Nephrology Dialysis Unit, Padua, Italy.

[14 ] Division of Nephrology, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

[15 ] Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.

[16 ] Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia.

[17 ] Clinic for Hemodialysis, Clinical Center University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[18 ] Nephrology Service, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain.

[19 ] Registro de Enfermos Renales de la Región de Murcia, Servicio de Epidemiologia, Consejeria de Sanidad, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.

[20 ] Division of Nephrology, Ambroise Paré University Hospital, APHP, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France.

[21 ] Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Medical Unit 1018 team5, Research Centre in Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Paris Ouest-Versailles-St Quentin-en-Yveline, Villejuif, France.

[22 ] Dirección General de Salud Pública. Conselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Pública, Valencia, Spain.

[23 ] Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

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Publisher Item ID: 4976467

DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfy056

PubMed ID: 29684185

SO-VID: 4679b9b8-570d-4100-bdbd-8a26c1227506

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