Table 2.

Bivariate analysis: Risk for death and hospitalization by mean serum albumin category, n = 675^a

Parameter	Mean Serum Albumin			P
	< 3.5/3.2 g/dl(n = 125)	≥3.5/3.2 and <4.0/3/7 g/dl(n = 263)	≥4.0/3.7 g/dl(n = 287)
Deaths per 100 patient-years	4.98	3.29	2.07	0.062b
Hospitalizations per year at risk (SD)	2.25	1.69	1.60	0.007c,d
Mean time to first hospitalization (d)	246	290	306	0.087b

^aBCG/BCP laboratory methods.

^bLog rank.

^cANOVA.

^dP < 0.05.