An association between time-varying serum albumin level and the mortality rate in maintenance haemodialysis patients: a five-year clinical cohort study

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate regression analysis between baseline serum albumin levels and relevant variables

Variable	Beta^a	P ^a	Beta^b	P ^b
Dialysis vintage (years)	0.01	0.709	−0.03	0.41
Age (years)	−0.29	<0.001	−0.17	0.00
Gender (Female)	−0.11	0.002	0.02	0.61
Diabetes Mellitus	−0.08	0.021	0.01	0.87
Hb (g/dL)	0.24	<0.001	0.18	0.00
BUN (mg/dL)	0.20	<0.001	−0.02	0.57
Cr (mg/dL)	0.39	<0.001	0.29	0.00
K (meq/L)	0.22	<0.001	0.16	0.00
Ca (mg/dL)	−0.09	0.015	−0.03	0.34
P (mg/dL)	0.16	<0.001	0.05	0.19
iPTH (pg/mL)	0.01	0.738	−0.03	0.41
Ferritin (ng/mL)	−0.05	0.162	0.07	0.04
Kt/V urea	<0.01	0.946	0.00	0.91
URR	−0.02	0.551	0.08	0.04
Cardiothoracic ratio	−0.15	<0.001	−0.03	0.37

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