American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 647-657, April 2009

Differences in Mortality Among Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American Dialysis Patients in the United States

  • Diane L. Frankenfield, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Research, Development and Information, Baltimore, MD
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  • Sangeetha M. Krishnan, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Sangeetha M. Krishnan, MS, Research Analyst, University of Michigan, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, 315 W Huron, Ste 240, Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4262
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  • Valarie B. Ashby, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Tempie H. Shearon, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Michael V. Rocco, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Section of Nephrology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
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  • Rajiv Saran, MD, MRCP, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Received 10 April 2008; accepted 31 October 2008. published online 16 January 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.10.049 on January 16, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01751-4

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.10.049

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 647-657, April 2009