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Table 2 Associations between Serum sodium, all-cause and cause-specific in time-varying Cox Models

From: Impact of serum sodium concentrations, and effect modifiers on mortality in the Irish Health System

 

 < 135 mmol/L

135–145 mmol/L

Reference Group

 > 145 mmol/L

Hazard Ratio for all-cause mortality (95% CI)

1.80 (1.67–1.94)

1.00

2.43 (2.06–2.88)

Cause-Specific Hazard Model (95% CI)

 Cardiovascular deaths

1.38 (1.18–1.61)

1.00

2.16 (1.58–2.96)

 Malignancy-related deaths

2.49 (2.23–2.78)

1.00

1.05 (0.66–1.66)

 Non-cardiovascular/non-malignancy-related deaths

1.36 (1.17–1.58)

1.00

3.60 (2.87–4.52)

  1. Final model was adjusted for demographic factors (baseline age, sex), clinical indicators (haemoglobin, estimated glomerular filtration rate, serum albumin, serum potassium, serum calcium, white blood cell count, alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, and clinical setting at baseline