Quality of life and mortality from a nephrologist's view: a prospective observational study

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Stratified analysis of all-cause mortality by the presence of chronic kidney disease

	CKD (-) (n = 488)		CKD (+) (n = 444)
SF36 survey	HR (95% CI)	Pvalue	HR (95% CI)	Pvalue
Physical component summary score
Tertile 1 (<49.4)	1 (Reference)		1 (Reference)
Tertile 2 (49.4--61.7)	0.44 (0.21--0.92)	0.029	0.54 (0.28--1.05)	0.068
Tertile 3 (>61.7)	0.23 (0.09--0.60)	0.003	0.44 (0.20--0.98)	0.045
Mental component summary score
Tertile 1 (<49.0)	1 (Reference)		1 (Reference)
Tertile 2 (49.0--57.0)	0.67 (0.33--1.37)	0.273	0.51 (0.27--0.99)	0.041
Tertile 3 (>57.0)	0.41 (0.16--1.05)	0.051	0.35 (0.17--0.74)	0.006

Model adjusted for age, gender, ever-smoking, proteinuria, serum levels of hemoglobin, total protein, albumin, cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and estimated GFR.
Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; SF36, 36-item Short-Form health survey; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.

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