Erythropoietin Dose and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Marginal Structural Model to Examine Causality

Figure 3

Adjusted mortality risk of weekly epoetin-α dose ≥30 000 versus <30 000 U/week (reference) among various subgroups. DM = diabetes mellitus, IHD = ischemic heart disease, and BMI = body mass index.