Total cholesterol and mortality in peritoneal dialysis: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Total cholesterol is inversely associated with mortality in dialysis patients, which seems implausible in real-world clinical practice. May there be an optimal range of total cholesterol associated with a lower mortality risk? We aimed to evaluate the optimal range for peritoneal...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	BMC Nephrology
Main Authors:	Junnan Wu, Ruifeng Yang, Xiaoyang Wang, Xiaojiang Zhan, Yueqiang Wen, Xiaoran Feng, Niansong Wang, Fenfen Peng, Guihua Jian, Xianfeng Wu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-05-01
Subjects:	Total cholesterol Peritoneal dialysis Mortality
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-023-03187-1