American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 118-127 , July 2008

Accuracy of Patients' Reports of Comorbid Disease and Their Association With Mortality in ESRD

  • Kerri L. Cavanaugh, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kerri L. Cavanaugh, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Ave S, S3223 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232-2372.
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  • Sharon Stein Merkin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Laura C. Plantinga, ScM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
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  • Nancy E. Fink, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • John H. Sadler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Independent Dialysis Foundation, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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  • Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
    • Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Received 26 September 2007 ,Accepted 7 February 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.02.001 on March 31, 2008.

 Because the Editor-in-Chief recused himself from consideration of this manuscript, the peer-review and decision-making processes were handled entirely by a Co-Editor (Bertrand L. Jaber, MD, MS, Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center) who served as Acting Editor-in-Chief. Details of the journal's procedures for potential editor conflicts are given in the Editorial Policies section of the AJKD website.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00162-5

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.02.001

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 1 , Pages 118-127 , July 2008

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