Table 6.

Poisson regression: Hospitalization risk by mean serum albumin level

Parameter	Serum Albumin ≥3.5/3.2 and <4.0/3/7 versus <3.5/3.2 g/dl	Serum Albumin ≥4.0/3.7 versus <3.5/3.2 g/dl
Crude model	0.78 (0.60 to 0.99)g	0.71 (0.55 to 0.90)g
Full modela	0.85 (0.65 to 1.12)	0.84 (0.64 to 1.11)
Demographic modelb	0.80 (0.63 to 1.03)	0.76 (0.60 to 0.98)g
Dialysis modelc	0.76 (0.58 to 0.98)g	0.72 (0.56 to 0.92)g
Nutritional modeld	0.91 (0.69 to 1.20)	0.84 (0.63 to 1.11)
Hispanic subgroup modele	0.76 (0.60 to 0.98)g	0.69 (0.54 to 0.89)g
HD only modelf	0.88 (0.67 to 1.15)	0.83 (0.62 to 1.11)

^aAdjusted for age, race, gender, Hispanic ethnicity, nephrotic syndrome/FSGS, vascular access type, mean hemoglobin, mean serum ferritin level, BMI-for-age percentile grouping, spKt/V, dialysis vintage, ESRD duration, and PD exposure.

^bAdjusted for age, race, gender, and Hispanic ethnicity.

^cAdjusted for vascular access type, mean spKt/V, dialysis vintage, ESRD duration, and PD exposure.

^dAdjusted for nephrotic syndrome/FSGS, mean hemoglobin, mean serum ferritin level, BMI-for-age percentile grouping.

^eAdjusted for Hispanic Mexican versus non-Hispanic.

^fFull model excluding any patients who received PD during study.

^gP < 0.05.