Length of hospital stay is associated with a decline in activities of daily living in hemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study

Table 3 Association between number of hospitalizations and decline in ADLs

	BADLs			IADLs
	Incidence	Crude RR [95% CI]	Adjusted RR^a [95% CI]	Incidence	Crude RR [95% CI]	Adjusted RR^a [95% CI]
Number of hospitalizations
0	13.0% (81/621)	ref	ref	20.0% (124/621)	ref	ref
1	22.9% (32/140)	1.75 [1.18 to 2.61]	1.69 [1.17 to 2.45]	30.7% (43/140)	1.54 [1.15 to 2.06]	1.41 [1.09 to 1.83]
≥ 2	34.1% (30/88)	2.61 [1.82 to 3.75]	2.27 [1.58 to 3.26]	35.2% (31/88)	1.76 [1.29 to 2.41]	1.39 [0.97 to 1.99]

BADL, basic activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; RR, risk ratio; CI, confidence interval; ref., reference
^aAdjusted for age, sex, dialysis vintage, body mass index (< 18.5, ≥18.5 to < 25, ≥25), functional status score, comorbidities (diabetes, cerebrovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, other cardiovascular diseases, congestive heart disease, cancer other than skin cancer, neurologic disease, peripheral vascular disease, dementia, and psychiatric disorder), albumin, phosphorus, creatinine and single-pool Kt/V

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