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Table 5 Risk factors for all-cause mortality by Cox analysis

From: Carotid artery calcification at the initiation of hemodialysis is a risk factor for cardiovascular events in patients with end-stage renal disease: a cohort study

 

Univariate

Multivariatea

Variable

HR

95%CI

p value

HR

95% CI

p value

Age

1.08

1.05-1.12

< 0.01

1.09

1.05-1.14

< 0.01

Male

1.33

0.72-2.56

0.37

-

-

-

Hypertension

1.33

0.41-8.1

6

0.68

-

-

-

Diabetes Mellitus

0.92

0.50-1.71

0.79

-

-

-

Dyslipidemia

0.73

0.38-1.49

0.37

-

-

-

Smoking

0.81

0.43-1.49

0.50

-

-

-

Previous CV disease

1.39

0.75-2.55

0.29

-

-

-

Pulse pressure (mm Hg)

1.00

0.99-1.02

0.65

-

-

-

Body mass index (kg/m2)

0.96

0.87-1.05

0.33

-

-

-

Up/Ucr

1.02

0.97-1.07

0.38

-

-

-

Serum albumin (g/dL)

0.62

0.38-1.00

0.05

0.89

0.51-1.58

0.67

Ca-P product (mg2/dL2)

0.98

0.96-1.00

0.11

-

-

-

C-reactive protein (mg/dL)

1.64

0.95-2.58

0.07

1.68

0.91-2.92

0.10

intact-PTH (pg/mL)

1.00

0.996-1.00

0.14

-

-

-

CCA-IMT (mm)

3.76

1.58-8.05

< 0.01

2.20

0.76-6.00

0.14

CAP

1.80

0.92-3.86

0.09

0.59

0.24-1.61

0.29

CAAC

3.87

1.66-11.3

< 0.01

1.83

0.55-6.63

0.33

AAC

1.87

1.00-3.66

< 0.05

0.89

0.43-1.92

0.76

Low ABI

2.70

1.33-5.15

< 0.01

1.83

0.78-3.94

0.16

  1. Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; CV, cardiovascular; Up/Ucr, urinary protein-creatinine ratio; Ca-P, calcium-phosphorus; PTH, parathyroid hormone; CCA-IMT, common carotid artery-intima-media thickness; CAP, carotid artery plaque; CAAC, carotid artery calcification; AAC, aortic arch calcification; ABI, ankle-brachial index. a The multivariate model includes variables for which p < 0.10 by univariate analysis.
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