Table 4.

Variables Associated with Odds of Sudden Cardiac Death in the First Year of Hemodialysis in a Final Model^* that Included Total Serum Fatty Acids

Variable	Coefficient	Odds Ratio (95% CI)†	P-value
Pulse pressure (mm Hg)	−0.0358	0.96 (0.93,1.00)	0.0473
Serum albumin (g/dL)	−0.5267	0.59 (0.36,0.98)	0.0422
22:5n-3 (weight percent)	−0.1978	0.82 (0.96,0.98)	0.0254

^*Final model included ethnicity, systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure, serum albumin, cholesterol, ferritin, and phosphorus, a history of CAD/MI, COPD, stroke, and congestive heart failure, use of ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and statins, diabetes as a cause of end-stage renal disease, and 20:4n-6, 22:5n-3, 22:6n-3, and total monounsaturated fatty acids.

^†Increase or decrease per unit of the variable. However, for fatty acids the odds ratio reflects 0.1% increases or decreases.