Table 3.

Patient survival

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
Variable	HR	(95.0% CI)	p	HR	(95.0% CI)	p
Diabetes	3.031	(1.036, 8.866)	0.043	4.214	(1.631, 10.886)	0.003
SBP (mmHg)	1.015	(0.992, 1.038)	0.197	1.022	(1.000, 1.044)	0.049
Log aortic distensibilty	0.072	(0.008, 0.694)	0.023	0.135	(0.019, 0.948)	0.044
Log aortic VAS	0.107	(0.007, 1.732)	0.116
Duration RRT (days)	1.000	(1.000, 1.000)	0.421
Age (years)	1.015	(0.969, 1.063)	0.526
Gender (ref male)	0.833	(0.312, 2.226)	0.716
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	0.910	(0.670, 1.236)	0.547
Albumin (g/L)	0.942	(0.839, 1.058)	0.311

Cox survival analysis for patient survival. Because of their close correlation SBP aortic distensibilty and aortic VAS were entered separately into the model. Results for other variables are shown with systolic blood pressure in the model