Why Do Black With Advanced Kidney Disease Live Longer Than Whites?
Blacks in the United States are more likely to require dialysis and develop end stage renal disease (ESRD) than whites, but they also live longer than whites once they reach later stages of kidney disease. A study of this phenomenon will appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD (Salem VA Medical Center), John E. Anderson, MD, Stephen F.
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Filed under: Urology on April 19th, 2009
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