Table 4 Adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for mortality or ESRD associated with low income by race/ethnicity among participants with CKD in the REGARDS study, n = 2,761

1

Low income

1.82 (1.44-2.30)

1.38 (1.12-1.70)

0.075

2

+age

1.69 (1.34-2.14)

1.27 (1.03-1.60)

0.095

3

+gender

1.98 (1.55-2.52)

1.55 (1.24-1.93)

0.124

4

+education

2.04 (1.57-2.65)

1.51 (1.20-1.89)

0.135

4

+geographic location^a

2.03 (1.56-2.64)

1.51 (1.21-1.90)

0.161

5

+CKD stage

1.94 (1.49-2.53)

1.46 (1.16-1.83)

0.236

7

+smoking, BMI and comorbidity^b

1.62 (1.24-2.13)

1.42 (1.14-1.77)

0.062

8

+county Gini Index score and poverty

1.59 (1.21-2.08)

1.34 (1.06-1.70)

0.448