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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2008 Jul 2;74(6):791–798. doi: 10.1038/ki.2008.295

Table 3.

Cox proportional hazards models for the primary composite endpoint of death, coronary heart failure hospitalization, stroke, or MI

Four-month landmark analysis N=1260
Nine-month landmark analysis N=1057
Variable HR, 95% CI P-value HR, 95% CI P-value
Model 1
 Target arm (high vs low) 1.44, 1.05–1.97 0.02 1.62, 1.09–2.40 0.02
Model 2
 Target arm (high vs low) 1.26, 0.89–1.78 0.20 1.44, 0.95–2.18 0.09
 Not achieving hemoglobin target 1.46, 1.00–2.13 0.05 1.99, 1.12–3.55 0.02
Model 3
 Target arm (high vs low) 1.26, 0.90–1.75 0.18 1.37, 0.89–2.11 0.15
 High-dose ESA 1.71, 1.20–2.43 0.003 1.54, 1.00–2.35 0.05
Model 4
 Target arm (high vs low) 1.21, 0.85–1.71 0.29 1.28, 0.82–2.00 0.27
 Not achieving hemoglobin target 1.17, 0.76–1.79 0.47 1.76, 0.97–3.20 0.06
 High-dose ESA 1.60, 1.08–2.38 0.02 1.40, 0.90–2.19 0.13
Model 5 N=1192 N=1016
 Target arm (high vs low) 1.17, 0.81–1.68 0.41 1.25, 0.80–1.97 0.33
 Not achieving hemoglobin target 1.21, 0.78–1.89 0.39 1.80, 0.97–3.34 0.06
 High-dose ESA 1.57, 1.04–2.36 0.03 1.48, 0.94–2.32 0.09
 Self-reported hypertension 0.94, 0.48–1.85 0.86 0.66, 0.32–1.37 0.27
 Previous CABG 2.44, 1.70–3.49 <0.01 1.75, 1.08–2.86 0.02
 Use of IV iron 0.47, 0.12, 1.90 0.29 0.36, 0.05, 2.63 0.32

CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; ESA, erythropoietin-stimulating agent.