Author | Year | Design | Prospective Retrospective | Data source | Comorbidities definition | Confounder | Adjustment | Selection | Comparability | Outcome | Total | |||||
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Source diversity | Sample size | Missing data | Exposure Analysis | Main factor | Other factors | Evaluation | Stat test | |||||||||
2015 | Cross-sectional | Retrospective | National | Discharge codes from hospitalizations prior to starting RRT-ICD 10 | None | None | * | * | * | * | * | 5 | ||||
2016 | MRM | Age, sex, years since starting RRT, treatment modality, events, comorbidities | * | * | * | * | * | * | 6 | |||||||
Grun et al. [23] | 2003 | Cohort | Prospective | 4 dialysis units | At baseline | None | Sex, age, treatment modality, comorbid conditions, cohort, length of time since initiation | * | * | * | * | 4 | ||||
Kao et al. [24] | 2013 | Cohort | Retrospective | National | Stratification | Stratification by matched HD-PD on age, sex, DM status | * | * | * | 3 | ||||||
Su et al. [25] | 2010 | Cross-sectional | Prospective | One district | MRM | Comorbidities, age | * | * | * | 3 | ||||||
Yang et al. [26] | 2001 | Cross-sectional | Prospective | 3 medical centers | Matching | Matched DM–no DM on age, sex, duration of dialysis | * | * | 2 | |||||||
Hynes et al. [27] | 2012 | Cohort | Prospective | Veterans Affairs facilities | Year prior the index date-ICD 9 | MRM | Age, gender, race, income, insurance, comorbidities, quality of well-being | * | * | * | * | * | 5 | |||
Bruns et al. [28] | 1997 | Cross-sectional | Retrospective | 1 medical center | Stratification | Stratification by age | * | 1 | ||||||||
Salonen et al. [29] | 2003 | Cohort | Prospective | 1 medical center | MRM | Stratification by treatment modality | * | * | 2 | |||||||
Couillerot et al. [30] | 2017 | Cross-sectional | Retrospective | National | Use of drugs for DM | Stratification | Stratification on age and RRT modality, events | * | * | * | * | 4 | ||||
Icks et al. [31] | 2010 | Cross-sectional | Prospective | 1 medical center | MRM | Gender, age, ESKD duration, time of dialysis | * | * | * | 3 | ||||||
Joyce et al. [32] | 2004 | Cohort | Retrospective | Commercially insured patients in 61 Health Plans | Year prior the index date-ICD 9 | MRM | Age, gender, insurance, comorbidities, region, medication use. No adjustment on RRT modality. | * | * | * | * | 4 | ||||
Mau et al. [33] | 2010 | Cohort | Retrospective | National | 2 years prior the index date-ICD 9 | MRM | Age, gender, race, comorbidities, Hb, eGFR, albumin, BMI, hospital days pre-onset | * | * | * | * | * | * | 6 | ||
Ghoddousi et al. [35] | 2007 | Cross-sectional | Retrospective | 1 medical center | Reported in the EMR | None | None | * | * | * | 3 | |||||
Smith et al. [36] | 1989 | Cohort | Retrospective | Michigan database | None | None | * | * | * | 3 | ||||||
Woodward et al. [37] | 2011 | Cohort | Retrospective | US Renal Data System | ICD 9 | None | None | * | * | * | * | * | * | 6 | ||
Wong et al. [34] | 2012 | Cohort | Retrospective | National | Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups | Stratification | None | * | * | * | * | * | 5 | |||
Manley et al. [38] | 2005 | Cross-sectional | Retrospective | National | None | None | * | * | * | * | 4 |