title: Introduction: the reverse epidemiology controversy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Salem VA Medical Center, Salem, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: Csaba P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kovesdy
authors.forename: Kamyar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalantar-Zadeh
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012307:Risk Factors