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Table 4 Multivariate Analysis: Cox Proportional Hazards Model including age, co-morbidity group, presence or absence of: diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, vascular disease, cancer or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

From: Analysis of factors predicting mortality of new patients commencing renal replacement therapy 10 years of follow-up

 

B

SE

P value

Hazard ratio

95% CI for Hazard ratio

     

Lower

Upper

Age group (65 years)

-.780

.352

.027

.458

.230

.914

High versus low comorbidity

-.479

.373

.199

.619

.298

1.287

Diabetes

-.814

.363

.025

.443

.218

.902

Ischaemic heart disease

.235

.430

.585

1.265

.544

2.938

Cerebrovascular accident

-.421

.423

.319

.656

.287

1.502

Peripheral vascular disease

.399

.437

.361

1.491

.633

3.512

Vascular disease

-.568

.514

.269

.567

.207

1.553

Cancer

-.444

.404

.273

.642

.290

1.418

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

-.424

.651

.514

.654

.183

2.342