Association of serum chromium levels with malnutrition in hemodialysis patients

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Probability of malnutrition (serum albumin level < 3.6 g/dL) in studied patients (n = 647)

	Univariate logistic regression analysis	p	Forward stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis	p
Variables	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	p	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	p
Age > 65 years (Yes vs. No)	3.40 (2.09–5.55)	< 0.001	1.80 (1.02–3.19)	0.043
Diabetes mellitus (Yes vs. No)	1.71 (1.04–2.79)	0.033
Using catheter as blood access (Yes vs. No)	3.66 (1.35–10.0)	0.011
Cholesterol (mg/dL) (each increase, 1 mg/dL)	0.98 (0.98–0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.98–1.00)	0.005
Triglyceride (mg/dL) (each increase, 1 mg/dL)	1.00 (0.99–1.00)	0.032
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.55 (0.45–0.69)	< 0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL) (each increase, 1 mg/dL)	0.65 (0.58–0.74)	< 0.001	0.73 (0.64–0.84)	< 0.001
Phosphate (mg/dL) (each increase, 1 mg/dL)	0.67 (0.55–0.82)	< 0.001
nPCR (g/kg/day)	0.45 (0.22–0.93)	0.030
Log SCL (μg/L) (each increase, 10 μg/L)	0.46 (0.25–0.83)	< 0.001	0.49 (0.25–0.96)	0.039
hsCRP of > 3.0 mg/L (Yes vs. No)	2.90 (1.74–4.84)	< 0.001	2.15 (1.22–3.82)	0.009

Abbreviations: Log logarithmic transformation, hsCRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, nPCR normalized protein catabolic rate, SCL serum chromium level

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