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Table 2 Association between depression, anxiety and dialysis withdrawal

From: Dialysis withdrawal and symptoms of anxiety and depression: a prospective cohort study

Hazard ratio’s for dialysis withdrawal

Crude

Model 1

(+ age, gender, ethnicity)

Model 2

(+ comorbidity)

Depressive symptomsa

1.64 (0.83–3.25) p = 0.156

2.56 (1.27–5.15) p = 0.009

2.44 (1.21–4.93) p = 0.013

Anxiety symptomsb

1.35 (0.66–2.79) p = 0.411

2.31 (1.09–4.88) p = 0.028

2.02 (0.94–4.32) p = 0.071

Both depression and anxiety symptomsc

1.95 (0.87–4.38) p = 0.106

3.10 (1.35–7.11) p = 0.008

2.45 (1.05–5.71) p = 0.037

  1. Model 1 includes both the exposure + age, gender and ethnicity
  2. Model 2 includes both the variables from model 1 + additionally the DAVIES comorbidity score, which includes points for ischemic heart disease, heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, malignancy, diabetes, collagen vascular disease, COPD and others
  3. a The presence of depression is defined as a BDI score ≥ 13
  4. b The presence of anxiety is defined as a BAI score ≥ 16
  5. c Based on a grouping variable with both the BDI ≥ 13 AND BAI ≥ 16 versus patients with only anxiety or only depression or none
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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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