. 2010 Jul 7;25(12):2724–2734. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.177

Table 2.

Odds Ratio of Receiving the Highest Paricalcitol Dose (≥10 µg/Week, n = 32,327) Versus the Lowest Paricalcitol Dose (>0 to <10 µg/Week, n = 17,347) in 49,674 Hemodialysis Patients Who Received Any Dose of Paricalcitol During All 20 Calendar Quarters of the Cohort (July 2001 to June 2006)

	Unadjusted	Case-mix adjusted
Age (each 10-year increase)	0.8 (0.7–0.8)^*	0.8 (0.8–0.9)^*
Gender (women versus men)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)
Diabetes mellitus (versus no diabetes)	0.9 (0.8–0.9)^*	0.9 (0.9–1.0)^*
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic whites (reference)	1	1
African Americans	2.6 (2.5–2.7)^*	2.1 (2.0–2.2)^*
Hispanics	1.1 (1.0–1.1)^*	0.9 (0.8–1.0)^*
Asians	0.7 (0.7–0.8)^*	0.6 (0.6–0.7)^*
Dialysis treatment vintage time
< 6 Months (reference)	1	1
6–24 Months	1.1 (1.1–1.2)^*	1.0 (1.0–1.1)
2–5 Years	1.7 (1.6–1.8)^*	1.5 (1.4–1.6)^*
> 5 Years	2.6 (2.4–2.7)^*	2.1 (1.9–2.3)^*
Primary insurance
Medicare (reference)	1	1
Medicaid	1.3 (1.1–1.4)^*	0.9 (0.9–1.0)^*
Private insurance	1.1 (1.0–1.1)	0.9 (0.9–1.1)
Kt/V (each 0.1-unit increase)	1.0 (0.9–1.0)^*	1.0 (0.9–1.0)^*
nPCR (nPNA) (each 0.1 g/kg/day increase)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*
BMI (each 1 kg/m² increase)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*
Biochemical measures
Albumin (each 0.1 g/dL increase)	1.1 (1.0–1.1)^*	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*
Creatinine (each 1 mg/dL increase)	1.2 (1.1–1.2)^*	1.1 (1.0–1.1)^*
TIBC (each 10 mg/dL increase)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*
Phosphorus (each 1 mg/dL increase)	1.4 (1.3–1.4)^*	1.3 (1.3–1.4)^*
Calcium^a (each 1 mg/dL increase)	1.4 (1.3–1.4)^*	1.4 (1.3–1.4)^*
Ferritin (each 100 ng/mL increase)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*	1.0 (0.9–1.0)
Hemoglobin (each 1 g/dL increase)	1.0 (0.9–1.0)^*	1.0 (0.9–1.0)^*
WBC (each 10³/µL increase)	0.9 (0.9–1.0)^*	1.0 (0.9–1.0)^*
Lymphocyte (each 1% of total WBC increase)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*
Intact PTH (each 100 pg/mL increase)	1.4 (1.3–1.4)^*	1.3 (1.3–1.4)^*
Alkaline phosphatase (each 10 U/L increase)	1.0 (1.0–1.1)^*	1.1 (1.0–1.1)^*

nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate; nPNA, normalized protein nitrogen appearance.

Serum calcium is adjusted for serum albumin.

p < .001.