Table 2.

Hazard ratio of death for time-dependent hemoglobin categories for the entire peritoneal dialysis patient population

Hemoglobin (g/dl)	Unadjusted		Case-Mix Adjusted		Case-Mix and MICS Adjusted
	HR (95% CI)	P	HR (95% CI)	P	HR (95% CI)	P
All-cause mortality
<9.0	2.21 (1.85 to 2.63)	<0.001	2.34 (1.94 to 2.82)	<0.001	1.38 (1.14 to 1.67)	<0.01
9.0 to <10.0	1.83 (1.59 to 2.10)	<0.001	1.79 (1.55 to 2.07)	<0.001	1.30 (1.12 to 1.50)	<0.01
10.0 to <11.0	1.34 (1.20 to 1.49)	<0.001	1.36 (1.22 to 1.51)	<0.001	1.12 (1.00 to 1.24)	0.05
11.0 to <12.0	Reference		Reference		Reference
12.0 to <13.0	0.81 (0.74 to 0.90)	<0.001	0.81 (0.74 to 0.90)	<0.001	0.85 (0.77 to 0.94)	<0.01
13.0 to <14.0	0.94 (0.84 to 1.05)	0.25	0.84 (0.75 to 0.95)	<0.001	0.90 (0.80 to 1.01)	0.08
≥14	1.09 (0.96 to 1.25)	0.18	0.99 (0.86 to 1.14)	0.88	0.99 (0.86 to 1.14)	0.86
Cardiovascular mortality
<9.0	1.69 (1.23 to 2.32)	<0.001	1.79 (1.28 to 2.51)	<0.001	1.12 (0.79 to 1.57)	0.53
9.0 to <10.0	1.87 (1.50 to 2.33)	<0.001	1.86 (1.49 to 2.34)	<0.001	1.37 (1.09 to 1.72)	<0.01
10.0 to <11.0	1.33 (1.12 to 1.58)	<0.001	1.33 (1.11 to 1.58)	<0.001	1.11 (0.93 to 1.32)	0.26
11.0 to <12.0	Reference		Reference		Reference
12.0 to <13.0	0.84 (0.72 to 0.99)	0.03	0.86 (0.73 to 1.01)	0.06	0.89 (0.76 to 1.04)	0.15
13.0 to <14.0	1.00 (0.84 to 1.19)	0.99	0.90 (0.75 to 1.08)	0.24	0.94 (0.78 to 1.13)	0.53
≥14	1.06 (0.85 to 1.32)	0.62	0.94 (0.75 to 1.17)	0.56	0.93 (0.74 to 1.16)	0.50

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; MICS, malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome.