Validation of a United Kingdom Model to Predict Mortality in Incident Dialysis Patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study Cohort: Introduction of a Clinical Risk Score

• Martin Wagner, MD, PhD,
• David M. Kent, MD, MSc,
• Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD, MS,
• Damian Fogarty, MD,
• Gero von Gersdorff, MD,
• Christoph Wanner, MD,
• Navdeep Tangri, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Martin Wagner, MD, PhD

KfH - Board of Trustees for Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, Neu-Isenburg, Germany; Department of Medicine I, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Address for Correspondence: Martin Wagner, MD, PhD, KfH Nierenzentrum Fulda, Otfrid-von-Weissenburg-Str. 7, 36043 Fulda, Germany.

David M. Kent, MD, MSc

Tufts Medical Center, Institute of Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Boston, MA

Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD, MS

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Ann Arbor, MI

Damian Fogarty, MD

Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, formerly United Kingdom Renal Registry, Bristol, United Kingdom

Gero von Gersdorff, MD

Department of Medicine II, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Christoph Wanner, MD

Department of Medicine I, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Navdeep Tangri, MD, PhD

Division of Nephrology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada