Association between anemia and mortality in hemodialysis patients is modified by the presence of diabetes

The prevalence and severity of anemia differ between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. We investigated whether the effect of hemoglobin (Hb) on patient outcome was affected by the presence or absence of diabetes among Japanese patients receiving chronic hemodialysis (HD). We enrolled 149,308 patients from a nationwide dialysis registry in Japan at the end of 2012 (mean age, 67.6 ± 12.3 years; male, 61.7%; diabetes, 43.5%; median dialysis...