American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 950-960 , June 2009

CKD and Mortality Risk in Older People: A Community-Based Population Study in the United Kingdom

  • Paul J. Roderick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Sciences and Medical Statistics, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Paul J. Roderick, MD, Public Health Sciences and Medical Statistics, C Floor, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK S0166YD
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  • Richard J. Atkins, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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  • Liam Smeeth, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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  • Adrian Mylne, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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  • Dorothea D.M. Nitsch, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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  • Richard B. Hubbard, DM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical School, Nottingham, UK
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  • Christopher J. Bulpitt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Care of the Elderly, Imperial College Hammersmith Campus, Hammersmith, London, UK
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  • Astrid E. Fletcher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Received 16 July 2008 ,Accepted 22 December 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.12.036 on April 27, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00391-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.12.036

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 6 , Pages 950-960 , June 2009

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