The associations between the family education and mortality of patients on peritoneal dialysis.

The associations between the family education and mortality of patients on peritoneal dialysis.

AIMS: To investigate whether education level of family members predicts all-cause and cardiovascular death and initial-episode peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD). METHODS: A total of 2264 patients on chronic PD were collected from seven centers affiliated with the Socioeconomic Stat...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Kai Yang, Qing-Feng Han, Tong-Ying Zhu, Ye-Ping Ren, Jiang-Hua Chen, Hui-Ping Zhao, Meng-Hua Chen, Jie Dong, Yue Wang, Chuan-Ming Hao, Rui Zhang, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Mei Wang, Na Tian, Hai-Yan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4010396?pdf=render

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