(41.2) the apparent differences in treatment for men and women with end-stage renal
disease disappeared. These results suggest that when nephrologists make decisions about …

In their Research Letter appearing on page 818, Christine Florakas and colleagues1
describe a reconsideration of conclusions drawn in a previous study, which had suggested a …

Dialysis dose and the effect of gender and body size on outcome in the HEMO Study.
Background Gender and body size have been associated with survival in hemodialysis …

Comparisons of outcomes in men versus women undergoing chronic maintenance
hemodialysis have shown differences usually favoring men despite larger doses given to …

Background and objectives: In the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study, the lower death rate in
women but not in men assigned to the higher dose (Kt/V) could have resulted from use of “V” …

This study investigates the role of body size on the mortality risk associated with dialysis
dose in chronic hemodialysis patients. A national US random sample from the US Renal …

Low dose of hemodialysis (HD) and small body size are independent risk factors for
mortality. Recent changes in clinical practice, toward higher HD doses and use of more high …

Body size, dialysis dose and death risk relationships among hemodialysis patients.
Background The normalized treatment ratio, Kt/V derived from urea kinetic models (UKM), is …

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Women in the general population have a survival advantage over men, but this advantage is
not sustained in end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients treated by hemodialysis. To …