Relationship between history of coronary heart disease at dialysis initiation and onset of events associated with heart disease: a propensity-matched analysis of a prospective cohort study

Table 4 Hazard ratio (HR) for cardiac disease related events using a univariate Cox proportional analysis in the propensity score-matched cohort

Variables	HR	95% CI	P value
CHD group (vs. no CHD group)	1.955	1.369–2.793	<0.001
Age (/10 year)	1.065	0.884–1.283	0.506
Female gender	0.866	0.574–1.308	0.494
Diabetes Mellitus	1.781	1.201–2.641	0.004
BMI	0.949	0.903–0.997	0.036
SBP (/10 mmHg)	0.928	0.867–0.993	0.030
DBP (/10 mmHg)	0.897	0.796–1.012	0.078
eGFR	1.053	1.005–1.104	0.030
Creatinine	0.924	0.860–0.993	0.032
BUN	0.997	0.991–1.003	0.365
Hemoglobin	1.080	0.962–1.212	0.193
Albumin	0.976	0.726–1.313	0.874
Uric acid	1.011	0.944–1.082	0.756
Potassium	0.971	0.793–1.189	0.776
Adjusted calcium	1.113	0.922–1.343	0.265
Phosphorus	0.899	0.805–1.004	0.059
LDL-cholesterol (/10 mg/dL)	0.954	0.897–1.014	0.129
HDL-cholesterol (/10 mg/dL)	0.841	0.735–0.961	0.011
Triglyceride	0.999	0.997–1.002	0.669
CRP	1.022	0.981–1.065	0.292
Use of ARBs or ACEIs	0.895	0.632–1.268	0.532
Use of β-blockers	1.465	1.034–2.075	0.032
Use of anti-platelet agents	1.920	1.344–2.743	<0.001
Use of loop diuretics	1.226	0.808–1.861	0.339
Use of statins	1.756	1.183–2.605	0.005

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, CHD coronary heart disease, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, BUN blood urea nitrogen, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, CRP C-reactive protein, ARBs angiotensin receptor blockers

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