Table 5. Results of multivariate logistic regression analysis of the development cohort.

Variables	Parameter estimates	aOR (95%CI)	p-value
Age (years) ≥ 85	0.733	2.08 (1.54, 2.81)	<0.001
Sex (Male)	0.520	1.68 (1.27, 2.22)	<0.001
BMI (kg/m2) < 20	0.632	1.88 (1.43, 2.47)	<0.001
Primary disease: DKD yes	-0.095	0.91 (0.69, 1.19)	0.489
Laboratory data
UN (mg/dl) < 65	-0.036	0.97 (0.70, 1.34)	0.828
Cr (mg/dl) < 6.5	0.302	1.35 (1.02, 1.80)	0.037
Albumin (g/dL) < 3.0	0.771	2.16 (1.62, 2.85)	<0.001
Ca (mg/dl) ≥ 8.5	0.331	1.39 (1.02, 1.90)	0.035
Pi (mg/dl) ≥ 3.5	-0.11	0.90 (0.59, 1.36)	0.605
CRP (mg/dl) ≥ 2.0	0.743	2.10 (1.59, 2.78)	<0.001
Hb (g/dl) < 10	-0.060	0.94 (0.64, 1.38)	0.760
Absence of AVF no	0.963	2.62 (1.97, 3.48)	<0.001
Comorbidities
CVD yes	0.107	1.11 (0.73, 1.69)	0.619
Cancer yes	0.451	1.57 (1.01, 2.44)	0.045
Dementia yes	0.798	2.22 (1.65, 3.00)	<0.001

Abbreviation: aOR, adjusted odds ratio.