Published in JAMA on February 20, 2008
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Vitamin D-binding protein and vitamin D status of black Americans and white Americans. N Engl J Med (2013) 9.87
MYH9 is associated with nondiabetic end-stage renal disease in African Americans. Nat Genet (2008) 9.50
Patient-centered communication, ratings of care, and concordance of patient and physician race. Ann Intern Med (2003) 9.29
International comparison of the relationship of chronic kidney disease prevalence and ESRD risk. J Am Soc Nephrol (2006) 7.51
Barriers to recruiting underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials: a systematic review. Cancer (2008) 6.96
Loss of IGF2 imprinting: a potential marker of colorectal cancer risk. Science (2003) 6.85
Race and trust in the health care system. Public Health Rep (2003) 6.74
Patient race/ethnicity and quality of patient-physician communication during medical visits. Am J Public Health (2004) 5.79
The timing of specialist evaluation in chronic kidney disease and mortality. Ann Intern Med (2002) 5.33
Cultural competence: a systematic review of health care provider educational interventions. Med Care (2005) 5.09
Lung cancer screening with helical computed tomography in older adult smokers: a decision and cost-effectiveness analysis. JAMA (2003) 4.81
Association between cholesterol level and mortality in dialysis patients: role of inflammation and malnutrition. JAMA (2004) 4.54
Clinical information technologies and inpatient outcomes: a multiple hospital study. Arch Intern Med (2009) 4.50
Screening for proteinuria in US adults: a cost-effectiveness analysis. JAMA (2003) 4.33
Designing and evaluating interventions to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care. J Gen Intern Med (2002) 4.17
Race, medical researcher distrust, perceived harm, and willingness to participate in cardiovascular prevention trials. Medicine (Baltimore) (2008) 4.14
Patient awareness of chronic kidney disease: trends and predictors. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.72
Systematic review: the value of the periodic health evaluation. Ann Intern Med (2007) 3.62
Patient ratings of dialysis care with peritoneal dialysis vs hemodialysis. JAMA (2004) 3.46
Understanding disparities in donor behavior: race and gender differences in willingness to donate blood and cadaveric organs. Med Care (2002) 3.37
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis management in resource-limited settings. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 3.32
Cardiac resynchronization and death from progressive heart failure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. JAMA (2003) 3.25
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in US adults with undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2010) 3.12
Feasibility and cost-effectiveness of treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a cohort study in the Philippines. PLoS Med (2006) 2.99
Impact of activated vitamin D and race on survival among hemodialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol (2008) 2.96
Excess risk of chronic kidney disease among African-American versus white subjects in the United States: a population-based study of potential explanatory factors. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 2.96
The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.84
Comparing the risk for death with peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis in a national cohort of patients with chronic kidney disease. Ann Intern Med (2005) 2.82
Type of vascular access and survival among incident hemodialysis patients: the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) Study. J Am Soc Nephrol (2005) 2.74
Statin use and sepsis events [corrected] in patients with chronic kidney disease. JAMA (2007) 2.69
Noninferiority of functional outcome in ambulatory management of obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 2.66
Identification and referral of patients with progressive CKD: a national study. Am J Kidney Dis (2006) 2.64
Traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors in dialysis patients compared with the general population: the CHOICE Study. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 2.58
Postdischarge environmental and socioeconomic factors and the likelihood of early hospital readmission among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries. Gerontologist (2008) 2.53
Association between screening for osteoporosis and the incidence of hip fracture. Ann Intern Med (2005) 2.52
Association of residual urine output with mortality, quality of life, and inflammation in incident hemodialysis patients: the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End-Stage Renal Disease (CHOICE) Study. Am J Kidney Dis (2010) 2.47
A systematic review of the methodological rigor of studies evaluating cultural competence training of health professionals. Acad Med (2005) 2.44
A randomized controlled trial of cyanoacrylate versus alcohol injection in patients with isolated fundic varices. Am J Gastroenterol (2002) 2.32
Temporal relation among depression symptoms, cardiovascular disease events, and mortality in end-stage renal disease: contribution of reverse causality. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2006) 2.23
Cerebrovascular disease incidence, characteristics, and outcomes in patients initiating dialysis: the choices for healthy outcomes in caring for ESRD (CHOICE) study. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 2.18
Coronary artery aneurysms in acute coronary syndrome: case series, review, and proposed management strategy. J Invasive Cardiol (2014) 2.17
Improving health care quality for racial/ethnic minorities: a systematic review of the best evidence regarding provider and organization interventions. BMC Public Health (2006) 2.15
Determinants of willingness to donate living related and cadaveric organs: identifying opportunities for intervention. Transplantation (2002) 2.06
Loss of imprinting of insulin growth factor II gene: a potential heritable biomarker for colon neoplasia predisposition. Gastroenterology (2004) 2.06
Achalasia cardia subtyping by high-resolution manometry predicts the therapeutic outcome of pneumatic balloon dilatation. J Neurogastroenterol Motil (2011) 2.00
Effectiveness of educational and social worker interventions to activate patients' discussion and pursuit of preemptive living donor kidney transplantation: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Kidney Dis (2012) 2.00
The role of cultural diversity climate in recruitment, promotion, and retention of faculty in academic medicine. J Gen Intern Med (2005) 2.00
What happens to patients who leave hospital against medical advice? CMAJ (2003) 1.98
Frequency of patient-physician contact and patient outcomes in hemodialysis care. J Am Soc Nephrol (2004) 1.97
Lens thickness and associated factors. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol (2012) 1.96
Blood pressure control among persons without and with chronic kidney disease: US trends and risk factors 1999-2006. Hypertension (2009) 1.88
The association of sudden cardiac death with inflammation and other traditional risk factors. Kidney Int (2008) 1.83
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in persons with undiagnosed or prehypertension in the United States. Hypertension (2010) 1.81
Agreement of self-reported comorbid conditions with medical and physician reports varied by disease among end-stage renal disease patients. J Clin Epidemiol (2006) 1.79
Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: a nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals. Arch Surg (2011) 1.77
25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, race, and the progression of kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol (2009) 1.71
Area socioeconomic status and progressive CKD: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Kidney Dis (2005) 1.71
Sonic hedgehog-modified human CD34+ cells preserve cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction. Circ Res (2012) 1.70
Race and health insurance are predictors of hospitalized Crohn's disease patients undergoing bowel resection. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2007) 1.70
Genetic variation in APOL1 associates with younger age at hemodialysis initiation. J Am Soc Nephrol (2011) 1.70
Changes in quality of life during hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment: generic and disease specific measures. J Am Soc Nephrol (2004) 1.69
Effectiveness of strategies to recruit underrepresented populations into cancer clinical trials. Clin Trials (2006) 1.68
Poverty, race, and CKD in a racially and socioeconomically diverse urban population. Am J Kidney Dis (2010) 1.68
Provider roles in the recruitment of underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials. Cancer (2007) 1.67
Diagnostic yield and therapeutic impact of single-balloon enteroscopy: series of 106 cases. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2009) 1.66
Limited good and limited vision: multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and global health policy. Soc Sci Med (2005) 1.66
Age and comorbidities are effect modifiers of gender disparities in renal transplantation. J Am Soc Nephrol (2009) 1.64
Individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status and progressive chronic kidney disease in an elderly population: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Soc Sci Med (2007) 1.64
Referral of patients to specialists: factors affecting choice of specialist by primary care physicians. Ann Fam Med (2004) 1.62
Vancomycin-sensitive and vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections in the ICU: attributable costs and outcomes. Intensive Care Med (2002) 1.60
Neighborhood of residence is associated with daily adherence to CPAP therapy. Sleep (2009) 1.58
Comorbidity and other factors associated with modality selection in incident dialysis patients: the CHOICE Study. Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End-Stage Renal Disease. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 1.56
Preferences, knowledge, communication and patient-physician discussion of living kidney transplantation in African American families. Am J Transplant (2005) 1.53
A randomized controlled trial of the effects of nurse case manager and community health worker team interventions in urban African-Americans with type 2 diabetes. Control Clin Trials (2004) 1.52
Endoscopic transpapillary drainage for external fistulas developing after surgical or radiological pancreatic interventions. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2010) 1.51
Lifestyle factors, obesity and the risk of chronic kidney disease. Epidemiology (2003) 1.49
Do hospitals provide lower-quality care to minorities than to whites? Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 1.47
Predicting 1 year mortality in an outpatient haemodialysis population: a comparison of comorbidity instruments. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2004) 1.46
Applying justice in clinical trials for diverse populations. Clin Trials (2007) 1.46
Race, Mineral Homeostasis and Mortality in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis. Am J Nephrol (2015) 1.46
Non-fluoroscopic endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural drainage of symptomatic non-bulging walled-off pancreatic necrosis. Dig Endosc (2012) 1.46
Norfloxacin and cisapride combination decreases the incidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotic ascites. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2005) 1.45
Comorbidity and its change predict survival in incident dialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis (2003) 1.45
Giant choledochocele presenting as intussusception (with video). Gastrointest Endosc (2008) 1.45
Smoke exposure is associated with a lower prevalence of serum thyroid autoantibodies and thyrotropin concentration elevation and a higher prevalence of mild thyrotropin concentration suppression in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2004) 1.43
Awareness of chronic kidney disease among patients and providers. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis (2010) 1.42
Adherence to sleep apnea therapy and use of lipid-lowering drugs: a study of the healthy-user effect. Chest (2009) 1.40
Chronic kidney disease awareness among individuals with clinical markers of kidney dysfunction. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2011) 1.39
Severe hypercapnia caused by acute heroin overdose. Ann Emerg Med (2004) 1.39
Quality of patient-physician discussions about CKD in primary care: a cross-sectional study. Am J Kidney Dis (2010) 1.38