American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 716-726 , October 2008

Association Between Long-term Blood Pressure Variability and Mortality Among Incident Hemodialysis Patients

  • Steven M. Brunelli, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Steven M. Brunelli, MD, MSCE, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 109 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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  • Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Katherine E. Lynch, BA

      Affiliations

    • Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Elizabeth D. Ankers, BA

      Affiliations

    • Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Marshall M. Joffe, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Raymond Boston, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Yuchaio Chang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Renal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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  • Harold I. Feldman, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Received 30 December 2007 ,Accepted 29 April 2008.

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 Because an author of this manuscript is an editor for AJKD, the peer-review and decision-making processes were handled entirely by an Associate Editor (Tazeen H. Jafar, MD, MPH, Aga Khan University) 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.

 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.032 on August 27, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01002-0

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.04.032

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 716-726 , October 2008

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