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Vol. 181, No. 6 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu316 Advance Access publication: March 1, 2015
Original Contribution Mediators of the Association Between Low Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States
* Correspondence to Priya Vart, Division of Community and Occupational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Postbus 196, HPC FA10, 9700 AD Groningen, the Netherlands (e-mail: [email protected]).
Initially submitted January 3, 2014; accepted for publication October 13, 2014.
Using data collected from 9,823 participants in the 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we formally investigated potentially modifiable factors linking low socioeconomic status (SES) to chronic kidney disease (CKD) for their presence and magnitude of mediation. SES was defined using the poverty income ratio. The main outcome was CKD, defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate
Vol. 181, No. 6 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu316 Advance Access publication: March 1, 2015
Original Contribution Mediators of the Association Between Low Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States
* Correspondence to Priya Vart, Division of Community and Occupational Medicine, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, Postbus 196, HPC FA10, 9700 AD Groningen, the Netherlands (e-mail: [email protected]).
Initially submitted January 3, 2014; accepted for publication October 13, 2014.
Using data collected from 9,823 participants in the 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we formally investigated potentially modifiable factors linking low socioeconomic status (SES) to chronic kidney disease (CKD) for their presence and magnitude of mediation. SES was defined using the poverty income ratio. The main outcome was CKD, defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate
