Published Articles

2012

		Issues regarding ‘immortal time’ in the analysis of the treatment effects in observational studies
		Liu J, Weinhandl ED, St. Peter WL.
		Kidney Int. 2012;81:341-350.

		Renal failure and acute myocardial infarction: The spectrum of clinical characteristics in advanced chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and non-kidney disease patients.
		Shroff GR, Frederick PD, Herzog CA.
		Am Heart J. 2012;163:399-406

2011

		Cystatin C, mortality risk and clinical triage in US adults: threshold values and hierarchical importance.
		Foley RN, Wang C, Collins AJ.
		Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011;26:1831-1837

		Kidney function reference values in US adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2008.
		Chavers BM, Rheault MN, Foley RN.
		Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;6:1956-1962

		Long interdialytic interval and mortality among patients receiving hemodialysis.
		Foley RN, Gilbertson DT, Murray T, Collins AJ.
		New Engl J Med. 2011;365:1099-1107

		Diagnosis of cardiac disease in pediatric end-stage renal disease.
		Chavers BM, Solid CA, Daniels FX, Chen SC, Collins AJ, Frankenfield DL, Herzog CA
		Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011;26:1640-1645

2010

		Kidney function and risk triage in adults: threshold values and hierarchical importance.
		Foley RN, Wang C, Snyder JJ, Rule AD, Collins AJ.
		Kidney Int. 2011;79:99-111

		Meeting KDOQI guideline goals at hemodialysis initiation and survival during the first year.
		Slinin Y, Guo H, Gilbertson DT, Mau LW, Ensrud K, Rector T, Collins AJ, Ishani A.
		Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5:1574-1581

		Survival of kidney transplantation patients in the US after cardiac valve replacement.
		Sharma A, Gilbertson DT, Herzog CA.
		Circulation. 2010;121:2733-2739

		Economic effect of following HbA1c testing practice guidelines in the elderly Medicare population: An instrumental variable analysis.
		Li S, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, Collins AJ.
		Am J Med Qual. 2010;25:202-210

		Survival of patients on dialysis having off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in the United States.
		Shroff GR, Li S, Herzog CA.
		J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010;139:1333-1338

		An improved comorbidity index for outcome analyses among dialysis patients.
		Liu J, Huang Z, Gilbertson DT, Foley RN, Collins AJ.
		Kidney Int. 2010;77:141-151

2009

		Atherosclerotic renovascular disease in the United States.
		Kalra PA, Guo H, Gilbertson DT, Liu J, Chen SC, Ishani A, Collins AJ, Foley RN
		Kidney Int. 2010;77:37-43.

		The state of chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, and morbidity and mortality in the first year of dialysis.
		Collins AJ, Foley RN, Gilbertson DT, Chen SC.
		Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;4 (Suppl 1):S5-S11.

		Hemodialysis access at initiation in the US, 2005-2007: still “catheter first.”
		Foley RN, Chen SC, Collins AJ.
		Hemodial Int. 2009;13:533-542

		Genetic and environmental effects on outcomes of Japanese end-stage renal disease patients.
		Ogata S, Yorioka N, Gilbertson DT, Chen SC, Foley RN, Collins AJ.
		Hemodial Int. 2009;13(Suppl 1):S8-S12

		Hypertension in pediatric long-term hemodialysis patients in the United States.
		Chavers BM, Solid CA, Daniels FX, Chen SC, Collins AJ, Frankenfield DL, Herzog CA.
		Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;4:1363-1369

		Associations of preventive health care with atherosclerotic heart disease and mortality in CKD
		Snyder JJ, Collins AJ.
		J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20:1614-1622

		Cystatin C levels in US adults, 1988-1994 vs. 1999-2002: NHANES.
		Foley RN, Wang C, Snyder JJ, Collins AJ.
		Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;4:965-972

		Effect of comorbidity adjustment on CMS criteria for kidney transplant center performance.
		Weinhandl ED, Snyder JJ, Israni AK, Kasiske BL.
		Am J Transplant. 2009;9:506-516.

		Racial disparity trends for graft failure in the US pediatric kidney transplant population, 1980-2004.
		Chavers BM, Snyder JJ, Skeans MA, Weinhandl ED, Kasiske BL.
		Am J Transplant. 2009;9:543-549.

		Serum phosphate levels and left ventricular hypertrophy in young adults: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.
		Foley RN, Collins AJ, Herzog CA, Ishani A, Kalra PA.
		Kidney Blood Press Res. 2009;32:37-44.

		KDOQI hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes care guidelines and current care patterns in the United States CKD population: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004.
		Snyder JJ, Collins AJ.
		Am J Nephrol. 2009;30:44-54.

		Serum phosphate levels associate with coronary atherosclerosis in young adults
		Foley RN, Collins AJ, Herzog CA, Ishani A, Kalra PA.
		J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20:397-404.

		Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States: a sensitivity analysis using NHANES 1999-2004.
		Snyder JJ, Foley RN, Collins AJ.
		Am J Kidney Dis. 2009;53:218-228.

		Acute Kidney Injury Increases Risk of ESRD among Elderly
		Ishani A, Xue JL, Himmelfarb J, Eggers PW, Kimmel PL, Molitoris BA, Collins AJ.
		J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009;20:223-228.

2008

		Screening for CKD complications in US adults: racial implications of a single GFR threshold.
		Ibrahim HN, Wang C, Ishani A, Collins AJ, Foley RN.
		Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;3:1792-1799.

		Race and end-stage renal disease in the US Medicare population: the disparity persists.
		Tomson CRV, Foley RN, Li Q, Gilbertson DT, Xue JL, Collins AJ
		Nephrology (Carlton). 2008;13:651-656.

		Calcium-phosphate levels and cardiovascular disease in community-dwelling adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.
		Foley RN, Collins AJ, Ishani A, Kalra PA.
		Am Heart J. 2008;156:556-563

		Cause-specific mortality of dialysis patients after coronary revascularization: Why don’t dialysis patients have better survival after coronary intervention?
		Herzog CA, Strief JW, Collins AJ, Gilbertson DT.
		Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23:2629-2633.

		Comparative mortality of hemodialysis patients at for-profit and not-for-profit dialysis facilities in the United States, 1998 to 2003.
		Foley RN, Fan Q, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, Weinhandl ED, Chen SC, Collins AJ.
		BMC Nephrol. 2008;9:6. doi:10.1186/1471-2369-9-6.

		Outcomes of Renal Transplant and Waitlisted Patients with Bacterial Endocarditis in the United States.
		Schroff GR, Skeans M, Herzog CH.
		Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23:2381-2385.

		An instrumental variable analysis of the impact of practice guidelines on improving quality of care and diabetes-related outcomes in the elderly Medicare population.
		Li S, Liu J, Gilbertson DT, McBean M, Dowd B, Collins AC
		Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:222-230

		Creatinine-Based Glomerular Filtration Rates and Microalbuminuria for Detecting Metabolic Abnormalities in US Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2004
		Robert N. Foley, Changchun Wang, Areef Ishani, Hassan N. Ibrahim, and Allan J. Collins, MD.
		Am J Nephrol 2008;28:431-437

		Pneumonia in incident dialysis patients—the United States Renal Data System
		Haifeng Guo, Jiannong Liu, Allan J. Collins, and Robert N. Foley
		Nephrol Dial Transplant (2008) 23: 680–686

2007

		Clinical epidemiology of parathyroidectomy in hemodialysis patients: The USRDS waves 1, 3, and 4 study
		Yelena SLININ, Robert N. FOLEY Allan J. COLLINS
		Hemodialysis International 2007; 11:62–71

		Infection-Related Hospitalization Rates in Pediatric versus Adult Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States
		Blanche M. Chavers,† Craig A. Solid,† David T. Gilbertson,† and Allan J. Collins†
		JAmSocNephrol18:952–959,2007.

		Clinical Epidemiology of Long-bone Fractures in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis
		ThomasM.Kaneko, MD*; RobertN.Foley, MB†,‡; DavidT.Gilbertson, PhD†; and AllanJ.Collins, MD, FACP†,‡
		Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Apr;457:188-93.

		Kidney Function and Sarcopenia in the United States General Population: NHANES III
		Robert N. Foleya, Changchun Wanga, Areef Ishania, Allan J. Collinsa, Anne M. Murraya
		American Journal of Nephrology 2007;27:279-286.

2006

		Incidence and Mortality of Acute Renal Failure in Medicare Beneficiaries, 1992 to 2001.
		Xue JL, Daniels F, Star RA, Kimmel PL, Eggers PW, Molitoris BA, Himmelfarb J, Collins AJ.
		J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006;17:1135-1142.

		Clinical Epidemiology of Pneumonia in Hemodialysis Patients: The USRDS Waves 1, 2, and 3 Study.
		Slinin Y, Foley RN, Collins AJ.
		Kidney Int. 2006;70:1135-1141.

		Use of Hospice in the US Dialysis Population.
		Murray AM, Arko C, Chen SC, Gilbertson DT, Moss AH.
		Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006;1:1248-1255.

		State-level adjusted ESRD incident rates : Use of observed vs model-predicted category-specific rates.
		Liu J, Louis TA, Pan W, Ma JZ, Collins AJ.
		Kidney Int. 2006;69:1459-1463.

2005

		Chronic kidney disease and the risk of cardiovascular disease, renal replacement, and death in the United States Medicare population, 1998-1999.
		Foley RN, Murray AM, Li S, Herzog CA, McBean AM, Eggers PW, Collins AJ.
		J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16:489-495.

		Cardiovascular Risk Factor Profiles and Kidney Function Stage in the United States General Population. The NHANES III Study.
		Foley RN, Wang C, Collins AJ.
		Mayo Clin Proc. 2005;80:1270-1277.

		Projecting the number of patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States to the year 2015.
		Gilbertson DT, Liu J, Xue JL, Louis TA, Solid CA, Ebben JP, Collins AJ.
		J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16:3736-3741.

		Septicemia, access and cardiovascular disease in dialysis patients: The USRDS Wave 2 Study.
		Ishani A, Collins AJ, Herzog CA, Foley RN.
		Kidney Int. 2005;68:311-318.

		Atherosclerotic renovascular disease in United States patients aged 67 years or older: Risk factors, revascularization, and prognosis.
		Kalra PA, Guo H, Kausz AT, Gilbertson DT, Liu J, Chen SC, Ishani A, Collins AJ, Foley RN.
		Kidney Int. 2005;68:293-301.

		A comparison of peritonitis rates from the United States Renal Data System database: CAPD versus continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis patients.
		Oo TN, Roberts TL, Collins AJ.
		Am J Kidney Dis. 2005;45:372-380.

		Calcium, Phosphorus, Parathyroid Hormone, and Cardiovascular Disease in Hemodialysis Patients. The USRDS Waves 1, 3 and 4 Study.
		Slinin Y, Foley RN, Collins AJ.
		J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16:1788-1793.

		Trends in Intravenous Iron Use Among Dialysis Patients in the United States (1994-2002).
		St. Peter WL, Obrador GT, Roberts TL, Collins AJ.
		Am J Kidney Dis. 2005;46:650-660.

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