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Fields of interest:

• Nephrology
• Epidemiology
• Survival Paradoxes

Recent publications (selected):

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, T.A. Ikizler, G. Block., M.M. Avram, J.D. Kopple:
Malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome in dialysis patients: Causes and consequences.
Am J Kidney Dis, Vol. 42, (2003), pp. 864-881.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, G. Block, M.H. Humphreys, C.J. McAllister, J.D. Kopple:
A low, rather than a high, total plasma homocysteine is an indicator of poor
outcome in hemodialysis patients.
J Am Soc Nephrol, Vol. 15, (2004), pp. 442-453.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, G. Block, T.A. Horwich, G.C. Fonarow:
Reverse epidemiology of cardiovascular risks in chronic heart failure.
J Am Coll Cardiol, Vol. 43(8), (2004), pp. 1439-44.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, G. Block, C.J. McAllister, M.H. Humphreys, J.D. Kopple:
Appetite and inflammation, nutrition, anemia and clinical outcome in
hemodialysis patients.
Am J Clin Nutr, Vol. 80, (2004), pp. 299-307.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, R.D. Kilpatrick, C.J. McAllister, Greenland S, J.D. Kopple:
Reverse epidemiology of blood pressure in hemodialysis patients.
Hypertension, Vol. 45, (2005), pp. 811-817.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, J.D. Kopple, R.D. Kilpatrick, C.J. McAllister, C.S. Shinaberger,
D.W. Gjertson, S. Greenland:
Reverse epidemiology of morbid obesity and
effect of weight change on cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis
population.
Am J Kidney Dis, Vol. 46, (2005), pp. 489-500.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, D.L. Regidor, C.J. McAllister,B. Michael, D.G. Warnock:
Time-dependent associations between iron and mortality in hemodialysis
patients.
J Am Soc Nephrol, Vol. 16, (2005), pp. 3070-80 . [EDITORIALED by Drueke TB]

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, N. Kuwae, D.Y. Wu, R.S. Shantouf, D. Fouque, S.D. Anker, G. Block, J.D. Kopple:
Associations of body fat and its changes over time with
quality of life and prospective mortality in hemodialysis patients.
Am J Clin Nutrition, Vol. 83, (2006), pp. 202-210.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, K.C. Abbott, F. Kronenberg, S.D. Anker, T.B. Horwich,
G.C. Fonarow:
Epidemiology of dialysis patients and heart failure patients.
Semin Nephrol., Vol. 26, (2006), pp. 118-133.

D.L. Regidor, J.D. Kopple, C.J. McAllister, R.D. Kilpatrick, J. Aronovitz,
Kovesdy CP, Greenland S, and K. Kalantar-Zadeh.
Association between longitudinal changes in hemoglobin and administered erythropoietin and survival in hemodialysis patients.
J Am Soc Neph., Vol. 17, (2006), pp. 1181-1191.

C.S. Shinaberger, R.D. Kilpatrick, C.J. McAllister, S. Greenland, J.D. Kopple,
K. Kalantar-Zadeh:
Longitudinal associations between dietary protein intake and survival in hemodialysis.
Am J Kid Dis., Vol. 48(1), (2006), pp. 37-49.

K. Kalantar-Zadeh, N. Kuwae, D.L. Regidor, C.S. Shinaberger, C.J. McAllister,
M.J. Budoff, I.B. Salusky, J.D. Kopple:
Survival predictability of time-varying indicators of bone disease in dialysis patients.
Kidney Intl.,Vol. 70, (2006), pp. 771-80.

R.D. Kilpatrick, S.F. Derose, C.P. Kovesdy, C.J. McAllister, J.D. Kopple,
K. Kalantar-Zadeh:
Association between serum lipids and survival in hemodialysis patients
and the impact of race
J Am Soc Neph., 2007 [in press].