Association of serum vitamin B12 and folate with mortality in incident hemodialysis patients

• Published in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 1024 - 1032
• Main Authors: Soohoo, Melissa, Ahmadi, Seyed-Foad, Qader, Hemn, Streja, Elani, Obi, Yoshitsugu, Moradi, Hamid, Rhee, Connie M., Kim, Tae Hee, Kovesdy, Csaba P., Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Female; Folic Acid - blood; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Original; Proportional Hazards Models; Renal Dialysis; Renal Insufficiency - blood; Renal Insufficiency - mortality; Renal Insufficiency - therapy; Risk; Vitamin B 12 - blood; hemodialysis; mortality; folate; nutrition; vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 (B12) and folate are essential vitamins that play important roles in physiological processes. In the general population, many studies have evaluated the association of these vitamins with clinical outcomes, yet this association in hemodialysis (HD) patients remains unclear. We examined t...