Table 5.

Results of logistic regression analysis for renal osteodystrophy in 148 children treated with dialysis (5a) and in a subgroup of 87 patients on dialysis of whom we obtained data on educational attainment of the parents (5b)

5. a	OR	95% CI
Model with one determinant (n = 148)
Non-Western status	2.32	1.09–4.96
Multivariable models
1. Non-Western status	2.25	1.05–4.82
Months on dialysis before diagnosed with ROD	1.00	1.00–1.00
2. Non-Western status	2.33	1.06–5.11
Cause of ESRD (reference category: “other”)
-Glomerulopathy	0.57	0.19–1.76
-Hemolytic uremic syndrome	0.27	0.03–2.57
-Urinary tract malformation	0.40	0.10–1.59
-Dysplasia	0.66	0.21–2.01
-Primary interstitial nephritis	1.12	0.83–14.92
-Tubular necrosis	1.55	0.33–7.36
3. Non-Western status	2.46	1.14–5.34
“Poor condition” as reason to start	2.13	0.97–4.63
5. b
Model with one determinant (n = 87)
Non-Western status	2.41	(0.85–6.80)
Multivariable model
1. Non-Western status	1.75	(0.56–5.47)
Educational attainment of parents (reference category: “post-secondary” )
-Elementary school	4.88	(1.20–19.77)
-Secondary education	2.33	(0.61–8.94)

ESRD end-stage renal disease