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The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study
BACKGROUND: The worldwide elderly (≥65 years old) dialysis population has grown significantly. This population is expected to have more comorbid conditions and shorter life expectancies than the general elderly population. Predicting outcomes for this population is important for decision-making. Rec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936310 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068748 |
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author | Kan, Wei-Chih Wang, Jhi-Joung Wang, Shuo-Yu Sun, Yih-Min Hung, Chien-Ya Chu, Chin-Chen Lu, Chin-Li Weng, Shih-Feng Chio, Chung-Ching Chien, Chih-Chiang |
author_facet | Kan, Wei-Chih Wang, Jhi-Joung Wang, Shuo-Yu Sun, Yih-Min Hung, Chien-Ya Chu, Chin-Chen Lu, Chin-Li Weng, Shih-Feng Chio, Chung-Ching Chien, Chih-Chiang |
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description | BACKGROUND: The worldwide elderly (≥65 years old) dialysis population has grown significantly. This population is expected to have more comorbid conditions and shorter life expectancies than the general elderly population. Predicting outcomes for this population is important for decision-making. Recently, a new comorbidity index (nCI) with good predictive value for patient outcomes was developed and validated in chronic dialysis patients regardless of age. Our study examined the nCI outcome predictability in elderly dialysis patients. METHODS AND FINDINGS: For this population-based cohort study, we used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database of enrolled elderly patients, who began maintenance dialysis between January 1999 and December 2005. A total of 21,043 incident dialysis patients were divided into 4 groups by nCI score (intervals ≤3, 4–6, 7–9, ≥10) and followed nearly for 10 years. All-cause mortality and life expectancy were analyzed. During the follow-up period, 11272 (53.55%) patients died. Kaplan-Meier curves showed significant group difference in survival (log-rank: P<0.001). After stratification by age, life expectancy was found to be significantly longer in groups with lower nCI scores. CONCLUSION: The nCI, even without the age component, is a strong predictor of mortality in elderly dialysis patients. Because patients with lower nCI scores may predict better survival, more attention should paid to adequate dialysis rather than palliative care, especially in those without obvious functional impairments. |
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spelling | pubmed-37355342013-08-09 The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study Kan, Wei-Chih Wang, Jhi-Joung Wang, Shuo-Yu Sun, Yih-Min Hung, Chien-Ya Chu, Chin-Chen Lu, Chin-Li Weng, Shih-Feng Chio, Chung-Ching Chien, Chih-Chiang PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: The worldwide elderly (≥65 years old) dialysis population has grown significantly. This population is expected to have more comorbid conditions and shorter life expectancies than the general elderly population. Predicting outcomes for this population is important for decision-making. Recently, a new comorbidity index (nCI) with good predictive value for patient outcomes was developed and validated in chronic dialysis patients regardless of age. Our study examined the nCI outcome predictability in elderly dialysis patients. METHODS AND FINDINGS: For this population-based cohort study, we used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database of enrolled elderly patients, who began maintenance dialysis between January 1999 and December 2005. A total of 21,043 incident dialysis patients were divided into 4 groups by nCI score (intervals ≤3, 4–6, 7–9, ≥10) and followed nearly for 10 years. All-cause mortality and life expectancy were analyzed. During the follow-up period, 11272 (53.55%) patients died. Kaplan-Meier curves showed significant group difference in survival (log-rank: P<0.001). After stratification by age, life expectancy was found to be significantly longer in groups with lower nCI scores. CONCLUSION: The nCI, even without the age component, is a strong predictor of mortality in elderly dialysis patients. Because patients with lower nCI scores may predict better survival, more attention should paid to adequate dialysis rather than palliative care, especially in those without obvious functional impairments. Public Library of Science 2013-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3735534/ /pubmed/23936310 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068748 Text en © 2013 Kan et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kan, Wei-Chih Wang, Jhi-Joung Wang, Shuo-Yu Sun, Yih-Min Hung, Chien-Ya Chu, Chin-Chen Lu, Chin-Li Weng, Shih-Feng Chio, Chung-Ching Chien, Chih-Chiang The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study |
title | The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study |
title_full | The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study |
title_fullStr | The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study |
title_full_unstemmed | The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study |
title_short | The New Comorbidity Index for Predicting Survival in Elderly Dialysis Patients: A Long-Term Population-Based Study |
title_sort | new comorbidity index for predicting survival in elderly dialysis patients: a long-term population-based study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23936310 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068748 |
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