Table 3.

Results of the multivariate analysis of factors affecting excess mortality and relative mortality in dialyzed patients

	Excess mortality				Relative mortality
	EMR	95% CI	P value	LR testa	RMR	95% CI	Pvalue	LR testa
Sex
Male	1			1.1	1			158.2
Female	1.05	0.96–1.15	0.29	(0.29)	1.65	1.52–1.78	<0.001	(<0.001)
Age (years)
<80	1			78.5	1			162.9
≥80	1.54	1.41–1.69	<0.001	(<0.001)	0.61	0.56–0.66	<0.001	(<0.001)
First modality of dialysis
Hemodialysis	1			4.2	1			2.9
Peritoneal dialysis	1.15	1.01–1.30	0.036	(0.04)	1.10	0.99–1.22	0.08	(0.1)
Primary nephropathy
Hypertensive/vascular	1			114.9	1			138.6
Diabetes	1.29	1.14–1.45	<0.001	(<0.001)	1.36	1.23–1.50	<0.001	(<0.001)
Glomerulonephritis	0.92	0.75–1.13	0.42		0.99	0.84–1.16	0.88
Interstitial nephritis/pyelonephritis	0.97	0.80–1.19	0.78		1.05	0.90–1.23	0.54
Tumoral/myeloma/amyloid	2.75	2.30–3.28	<0.001		2.60	2.21–3.05	<0.001
Miscellaneous/unknown/missing	1.09	0.96–1.24	0.16		1.06	0.96–1.17	0.24

Note:

^aChi-squared test (P value) provided.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EMR, excess mortality ratio; LR, log-likelihood ratio; RMR, relative mortality ratio.