Table 6.
Association between serum potassium levels and risk of mortality.
| Groups | N patients (%) | HR (95%, CI), All-cause mortality | HR (95%, CI), Cardiovascular mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | p-value | Adjusted | p-value | Unadjusted | p-value | Adjusted | p-value | ||
| T1 | 138 (23.5%) | 1.70 (1.15, 2.52) | < 0.01 | 1.10 (0.73, 1.67) | 0.65 | 0.80 (0.38, 1.66) | 0.54 | 0.68 (0.32, 1.46) | 0.32 |
| T2 | 384 (65.3%) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) | ||||
| T3 | 66 (11.2%) | 0.89 (0.47, 1.68) | 0.72 | 1.09 (0.57, 2.08) | 0.79 | 0.65 (0.23, 1.81) | 0.65 | 0.66 (0.23, 1.91) | 0.45 |