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Table 2 Hazard risks of quadriceps muscle thickness on fall injury

From: Quantitative sonographic assessment of quadriceps muscle thickness for fall injury prediction in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: an observational cohort study

Variables

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Unadjusted

3.55 (1.96–6.54)

< 0.001

Age- and gender- adjusted

3.33 (1.72–6.59)

< 0.001

Multivariable-adjusteda

2.33 (1.22–4.52)

0.011

  1. Abbreviation: CI confidence interval
  2. Data are expressed as hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals
  3. aAdjusted for diabetes mellitus, history of stroke, history of ischemic heart disease, albumin, blood urea nitrogen, uric acid, and handgrip strength (variables associated with fall injury in univariate analysis (P < 0.10) were entered in the multivariable model). Creatinine and thigh circumference were not included as cofounding factors in the association between quadriceps muscle thickness and fall injury
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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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