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Table 3 Cox adjusted 2 year-mortality for decreased HRQOL domainsa

From: Quality of life as indicator of poor outcome in hemodialysis: relation with mortality in different age groups

Domain

HRb

95% CI

p

 Physical functioning

1.72

(1.02–2.73)

0.02

 Role physical

1.37

(0.92–2.03)

0.12

 General health

1.50

(0.84–2.68)

0.17

 Bodily pain

1.37

(0.97–1.95)

0.07

 Emotional health

1.85

(1.30–2.63)

0.001

 Role emotional

1.27

(0.87–1.84)

0.22

 Social functioning

1.59

(1.12–2.26)

0.01

 Vitality

1.37

(0.91–2.06)

0.13

a. Age < 65 year

 Physical functioning

0.76

(0.33–1.74)

0.51

 Role physical

1.07

(0.49–2.31)

0.87

 General health

1.01

(0.33–3.65)

0.89

 Bodily pain

1.07

(0.50–2.27)

0.86

 Emotional health

1.02

(0.49–2.16)

0.95

 Role emotional

0.76

(0.33–1.47)

0.51

 Social functioning

0.97

(0.47–2.00)

0.92

 Vitality

0.84

(0.35–2.01)

0.70

b. Age 65–74 years

 Physical functioning

5.70

(1.74–18.69)

0.04

 Role physical

1.49

(0.71–3.12)

0.29

 General health

0.99

(0.41–2.38)

1.00

 Bodily pain

1.63

(0.84–3.13)

0.15

 Emotional health

2.41

(1.26–4.60)

0.01

 Role emotional

1.49

(0.76–2.91)

0.24

 Social functioning

1.41

(0.74–2.70)

0.30

 Vitality

1.23

(0.60–2.55)

0.57

c. Age ≥ 75 years

 Physical functioning

1.47

(0.73–2.97)

0.28

 Role physical

1.45

(0.81–2.63)

0.21

 General health

2.59

(0.92–7.32)

0.07

 Bodily pain

1.30

(0.77–2.18)

0.33

 Emotional health

2.11

(1.22–3.64)

0.01

 Role emotional

1.43

(0.80–2.54)

0.22

 Social functioning

2.01

(1.20–3.52)

0.01

 Vitality

1.67

(0.89–3.14)

0.11

  1. Adjusted for age, sex, treatment modality, time on dialysis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, albumin
  2. aDecreased score defined as 0–66. bReference group: patients with a score of 67–100