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TL;DR: Results for urea but not for cholesterol remain significant after adjustment for age, sex, weekly dialysis schedule and body mass index, and it is suggested that a poor nutritional state and/or low protein intake may be important factors for explaining the high cardiovascular mortality, particularly for strokes, observed in dialyzed patients.

TL;DR: From the beginning of the dialysis treatment to the eighteenth month there was a significant and progressive decrease of GFR in the group of patients treated by haemodialysis, while in theperitoneal dialysis group GFR and peritoneal clearances remained stable.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the differences in blood pressure levels observed among occupational categories are partly due to working conditions, and that poor compliance with treatment among the low occupational categories enhances these differences.

TL;DR: It is concluded that coffee consumption is a significant but not strong contributor to the variation in BP levels.

TL;DR: The findings stress the importance of alcohol consumption which was found to be a major risk factor for arterial hypertension and noncompliance with antihypertensive treatment in this population.