Table 3.

Crude and adjusted survival for ESRD patients on hemodialysis by race accounting for competing risks and propensity score

	Cox HR	95% CI	P Value	Competing Risks HR	95% CI	P Value
Unadjusted	0.82	0.77–0.87	<0.001	0.83	0.78–0.86	<0.001
Adjusted	1.04	0.96–1.11	0.37	1.05	0.96–1.11	0.22
Propensity score adjusted	1.01	0.94–1.09	0.72	1.02	0.94–1.10	0.70

Data on 23,269 patients (Aboriginal=1839, Caucasian=21,430) and 12,798 deaths (Aboriginal=939, Caucasian=11,859). Model adjusted for age, sex, era, comorbidities (angina, acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary edema, lung disease, malignancy, coronary artery bypass graft, smoker, hypertension medications, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, and diabetes mellitus), geographic region, any predialysis care, distance to center, serum albumin, and body mass index. HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval.