Table 3.
Mortality rates for all-cause mortality by ESA and Hb category
| |
|
|
All-cause mortality |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESA (units/week) | Hb (g/dl) | Person years | Death (n) | Death rate/1,000 person years | 95% CI |
| • HD patients |
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤8,000 |
≥11 |
1002 |
142 |
142 |
(120–167) |
| ≤8,000 |
<11 |
661 |
121 |
183 |
(153–218) |
| >8,000 |
≥11 |
358 |
68 |
190 |
(149–239) |
| >8,000 |
<11 |
469 |
114 |
243 |
(202–291) |
| • PD patients |
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤4,000 |
≥11 |
527 |
39 |
74 |
(53–100) |
| ≤4,000 |
<11 |
218 |
25 |
115 |
(76–167) |
| >4,000 |
≥11 |
247 |
45 |
182 |
(134–241) |
| >4,000 | <11 | 109 | 18 | 166 | (101–257) |