Table 4.

Hazard ratios for all-cause mortality associated with the technique of blood pressure monitoring

	Full data set						Randomly matched data seta
	systolic blood pressure			diastolic blood pressure			systolic blood pressure			diastolic blood pressure
	HR per 10 mm Hg	95% CI	p	HR per 5 mm Hg	95% CI	p	HR per 10 mm Hg	95% CI	p	HR per 5 mm Hg	95% CI	p
Routine dialysis unit
Pre-dialysis	1.05	0.92–1.20	0.5	1.02	0.91–1.15	0.697	1.06	0.92–1.21	0.438	1.04	0.93–1.16	0.543
Post-dialysis	1.17	1–1.37	0.043	1.06	0.93–1.21	0.398	1.17	1–1.36	0.049	1.06	0.93–1.20	0.41
Standardized dialysis unit
Pre-dialysis	1.13	0.99–1.30	0.073	1.05	0.94–1.18	0.407	1.1	0.97–1.25	0.131	1.04	0.93–1.16	0.481
Post-dialysis	1.16	1.01–1.33	0.035	1.02	0.91–1.15	0.69	1.15	1–1.31	0.042	1.04	0.93–1.16	0.488
Home	1.17	1.02–1.35	0.026	1.15	1.02–1.30	0.022	1.18	1.03–1.34	0.014	1.13	1–1.26	0.042
Ambulatory	1.22	1.07–1.38	0.002	1.18	1.05–1.31	0.005	1.2	1.07–1.34	0.002	1.15	1.03–1.27	0.009

HR = Hazard ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^aThe number of recordings for any one patient were equal for any blood pressure-monitoring technique.