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. 2009 Jun;4(6):1044–1050. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00020109

Table 3.

Predictors of % ECFV/TBWa

Variable Bivariate Regression Analysis
Multivariate Regression Analysis
Slope (95% CI) R2 (%) P Slope (95% CI) R2 (%) P
Modality CAPD (versus CCPD) −0.07 (−1.73 to 1.59) <0.1 0.931 0.71 (−0.44 to 1.86) 59.1 0.224
Age 0.16 (0.12 to 0.21) 24.8 <0.001 0.10 (0.06 to 0.14) <0.001
Male gender −0.77 (−2.41 to 0.88) 0.6 0.357
Weight −0.06 (−0.11 to −0.01) 4.6 0.016
LBM −0.18 (−0.23 to −0.13) 24.9 <0.001 −0.07 (−0.12 to −0.03) 0.001
Protein catabolic rate −5.92 (−9.54 to −2.30) 6.4 0.002
Time on dialysis (mo) 1.29 (0.13 to 2.45) 3.0 0.030
Weekly Kt/V −0.83 (−2.60 to 0.94) 0.6 0.356
Residual CrCl −0.04 (−0.07 to −0.02) 7.1 0.001
Dialysate CrCl 0.11 ( 0.01 to 0.21) 3.1 0.029
Daily ultrafiltration, per 100 ml −0.07 (−0.16 to 0.02) 1.5 0.127
Residual GFR −0.41 (−0.63 to −0.19) 8.2 <0.001 −0.28 (−0.45 to −0.12) <0.001
Daily dialysis prescription, per 1 L 0.22 (−0.34 to 0.77) 0.4 0.439
Daily urine volume −0.23 (−0.36 to −0.09) 6.5 0.001
D/P creatinine 8.83 ( 0.44 to 17.22) 2.8 0.039 7.64 (1.36 to 13.9) 0.018
Daily urine Na −0.04 (−0.07 to −0.01) 5.2 0.004
Daily dialysate Na −0.02 (−0.10 to −0.05) 0.3 0.498
Albumin −0.78 (−0.93 to −0.63) 40.1 <0.001 −0.49 (−0.64 to −0.34) <0.001
Hemoglobin −0.04 (−0.12 to 0.03) 0.9 0.250
Calcium (corrected for albumin) 3.79 (−1.10 to 8.68) 2.2 0.100
Phosphorus −3.12 (−5.39 to −0.86) 4.6 0.007
Parathyroid hormone −0.05 (−0.08 to −0.01) 4.7 0.007
Na −0.53 (−0.78 to −0.29) 10.8 <0.001
CRP 0.10 (0.02 to 0.18) 4.3 0.016
Icodextrin use 0.40 (−1.32 to 2.12) <0.1 0.649
Ischemic heart disease 1.71 (−0.27 to 3.70) 1.9 0.090
Congestive heart failure 3.73 (1.46 to 6.01) 6.4 0.001
Diabetes 1.49 (−0.13 to 3.12) 2.1 0.072
Hypertension 0.71 (−1.21 to 2.63) 0.3 0.465
Charlson comorbidity index 1.08 (0.78 to 1.38) 24.6 <0.001
Systolic BP 0.02 (−0.02 to 0.07) <0.1 0.376
Diastolic BP −0.10 (−0.17 to −0.02) 4.2 0.012
Antihypertensive medication use −2.56 (−4.23 to −0.88) 5.7 0.003
Peripheral edema 1.11 (−0.59 to 2.80) 1.1 0.198
a

CI, confidence interval.