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. 2009 Mar;4(3):595–602. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03540708

Table 3.

AHR for all-cause death by facility prevalence of PNVa

Facility Prevalence of PNV AHRb 95% CI P
Per 20% more patients having 2 to 4 PNVs 0.97 0.88 to 1.08 0.620
Per 20% more patients having ≥5 PNVs 0.91 0.83 to 0.99 0.048
a

A visit to a nephrologist at least one month before the initiation of HD was regarded as PNV. Restricted to facilities that had at least five patients with PNV information (359 facilities, n = 3774). AHR, adjusted hazard ratio

b

Compared with having one or no PNVs.