Table 4.

Factors affecting patient's death by univariate analysis of variates

All the values are examined at the time of RRT initiation except malnutrition.

^*, Hospitalization due to clinically defined malnutrition (serum albumin <3.5 g/dL and by subjective global assessment) over 1 time; ^†, Cerebrovascular accident; cerebral infarction or hemorrhage, defined by old and recent history and neurologic deficit at the time of renal replacement therapy initiation; ^‡, Congestive heart failure; defined by systolic ejection fraction below 40% in echocardiographic evaluation at the time of renal replacement therapy initiation.