The Impact of Normal Range of Serum Phosphorus on the Incidence of End-Stage Renal Disease by A Propensity Score Analysis.

Although hyperphosphatemia is deemed a risk factor of the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD), it remains unclear whether the normal range of serum phosphorus likewise deteriorates CKD. A propensity score analysis was applied to examine the causal effect of the normal range of serum phosphor...

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Main Authors: Wen Xiu Chang, Ning Xu, Takanori Kumagai, Takeshi Shiraishi, Takahiro Kikuyama, Hiroki Omizo, Kazuhiro Sakai, Shigeyuki Arai, Yoshifuru Tamura, Tatsuru Ota, Shigeru Shibata, Yoshihide Fujigaki, Zhong Yang Shen, Shunya Uchida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4849666?pdf=render