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. 2012 May;23(5):895–904. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2011080761

Table 2.

Relative hazards of death for daily home hemodialysis patients in intention-to-treat and as-treated analyses

Intention to Treat As Treated
HR (95% CI) P HR (95% CI) P
All-cause mortality 0.87 (0.78–0.97) 0.01 0.82 (0.72–0.94) <0.01
Cause-specific mortality
 cardiovascular disease 0.92 (0.78–1.09) 0.34 0.83 (0.67–1.01) 0.06
 infection 1.13 (0.84–1.53) 0.41 1.17 (0.83–1.66) 0.38
 cachexia/dialysis withdrawal 0.63 (0.41–0.95) 0.03 0.70 (0.44–1.11) 0.13
 other specified cause 1.06 (0.81–1.37) 0.69 1.19 (0.88–1.61) 0.25
 unknown cause 0.59 (0.44–0.79) <0.01 0.41 (0.28–0.62) <0.01
Interval-specific mortality (mo)
 1–6 0.88 (0.78–0.98) 0.02 0.77 (0.68–0.89) <0.01
 7–12 0.89 (0.78–1.02) 0.10 0.75 (0.63–0.89) <0.01
 13–18 0.92 (0.78–1.09) 0.32 0.81 (0.65–1.01) 0.06
 19–24 0.95 (0.76–1.20) 0.69 0.89 (0.66–1.21) 0.45
 ≥25 0.92 (0.66–1.28) 0.61 0.95 (0.62–1.47) 0.82

Referent: matched thrice-weekly in-center patients.