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. 2012 Feb;7(2):207–215. doi: 10.2215/CJN.06840711

Table 6.

Crude and adjusted hazard ratios of serum prolactin (per 10 ng/ml) for prediction of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in prevalent hemodialysis patients

Model Covariates All-Cause Mortality Cardiovascular Mortality
Hazard Ratio 
(95% Confidence Interval) P Value Hazard Ratio 
(95% Confidence Interval) P Value
1 Crude risk of prolactin (per 10 ng/ml) 1.12 (1.06–1.17) 0.001 1.15 (1.08–1.21) 0.001
2 1+ age, sex, smoking, dialysis vintage, diabetes, CVD, MAP 1.10 (1.04–1.17) 0.001 1.13 (1.06–1.21) <0.001
3 2+ C-reactive protein, serum albumin 1.09 (1.03–1.16) 0.002 1.12 (1.05–1.20) 0.001
4 3+ pulse wave velocity 1.10 (1.04–1.17) 0.002 1.13 (1.05–1.21) 0.001