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Table 5 Results of binary logistic regression: serum albumin < 3.8 vs. risk factors

From: Hypoalbuminemia in hemodialyzed end stage renal disease patients: risk factors and relationships - a 2 year single center study

  

95%

CI

  

Factor

LR (exp B)

Lower

Upper

p

p (with bootstrapping)

Age in years

1.029

1.000

1.059

0.051 *

0.008 *

Female Sex

3.684

1.566

8.667

0.003 *

0.001 *

Diabetes mellitus

0.137

0.049

0.381

<0.001 *

0.001 *

Vintage (months)

0.992

0.982

1.002

0.103

0.057

%URR

1.006

0.927

1.092

0.878

0.870

nPCR

0.232

0.051

1.045

0.057

0.043 *

Serum Phosphate

0.912

0.689

1.208

0.521

0.447

%Weight Loss

1.082

0.980

1.194

0.119

0.128

Days in Hospital

1.042

0.926

1.174

0.492

0.470

Febrile Episodes

1.502

0.413

5.456

0.537

0.501

Bacteremia

0.982

0.248

3.891

0.979

0.962

Leukocytosis

0.955

0.766

1.190

0.682

0.696

Serum Ferritin

0.999

0.997

1.000

0.064

0.047 *

  1. * = significant. LR = Likelihood Ratio. Bootstrapping performed with 1000 iterations.
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