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Table 7 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with a change in phosphate binders more than once per year

From: Routine laboratory testing in hemodialysis: how frequently is it needed?

 

OR

95% CI

P-value

Dialysis vintage

0.99

0.99; 1.01

0.426

Smoking status

2.10

1.15; 3.86

0.017

Yearly number of interventions in alfacalcidol prescription

1.49

1.08; 2.06

0.015

Hemoglobin level

1.29

0.99; 1.69

0.057

PTH level

1.001

1.000; 1.002

0.199

Serum phosphate

1.18

0.88; 1.59

0.273

  1. Note. OR, odds ratio; 95%CI, 95% Confidence Interval; P-value < 0.05 is statistically significant. We included in this model all variables with p value < 0.05 in the bivariate analysis