The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 7 , Pages 672-678 , July 2009

White/Black Racial Differences in Risk of End-stage Renal Disease and Death

  • Andy I. Choi, MD, MAS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Andy I. Choi, MD, MAS, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Box 111J, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121
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  • Rudolph A. Rodriguez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System and University of Washington, Seattle
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  • Peter Bacchetti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, Calif
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  • Daniel Bertenthal, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Research Enhancement Award Program, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif
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  • German T. Hernandez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso
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  • Ann M. O'Hare, MD, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System and University of Washington, Seattle

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 Funding: This study was supported by a fellowship grant from the National Kidney Foundation, grants from the National Institutes of Health (K23DK080645-01A1, K23AG028980-03, R01AI069952-03), W.K. Kellogg Scholars in Health Disparities Program, Paso del Norte Health Foundation's Center for Border Health Research, and the San Francisco VA Research Enhancement Award Program to Improve Care for Older Veterans. These funding sources had no involvement in the design or execution of this study.

 Conflict of Interest: GTH has received research support from the Catholic Healthcare West, Genentech, Biogen, Novartis, Roche, and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; he has received honoraria from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Novartis. AMO receives royalties from UpToDate and research funding from the Centers for Disease Control. These funding sources played no role in the research presented here. The other authors declare no potential financial conflicts of interest.

 Authorship: AIC, AMO, and DB had access to the data; all authors had a role in writing the manuscript.

PII: S0002-9343(08)01258-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.11.021

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 122, Issue 7 , Pages 672-678 , July 2009

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