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. 2014 Feb 27;9(5):905–913. doi: 10.2215/CJN.08290813

Table 2.

Risk factors associated with ESRD, disease-related mortality, and the composite outcome of ESRD or death

Variable ESRD: CRRa Disease-Related Mortality: CRRb Composite Outcome: Coxc
SHR (95% CI) P Value SHR (95% CI) P Value HR (95% CI) P Value
Univariate model
 Age, quartiles
  54–64 yr (versus <54 yr) 1.24 (0.73 to 2.11) 0.42 4.06 (1.14 to 14.4) 0.03 1.35 (0.74 to 2.44) 0.33
  65–74 yr (versus <54 yr) 1.16 (0.67 to 2.00) 0.59 6.01 (1.73 to 20.8) 0.01 1.27 (0.71 to 2.27) 0.42
  ≥75 yr (versus <54 yr) 1.42 (0.81 to 2.46) 0.22 6.07 (1.72 to 21.5) 0.01 1.67 (0.92 to 3.03) 0.09
 MPO-ANCA (versus PR3) 1.29 (0.72 to 2.31) 0.40 1.21 (0.65 to 2.25) 0.54 1.21 (0.80 to 1.82) 0.37
 eGFR>10 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (versus ≤10) 0.25 (0.08 to 0.81) 0.02 1.03 (0.49 to 2.16) 0.94 0.54 (0.29 to 0.99) 0.04
 Lung involvement (versus none) 1.23 (0.70 to 2.19) 0.47 1.34 (0.70 to 2.56) 0.38 1.42 (0.94 to 2.17) 0.10
 Cyclophosphamide (versus no use) 0.39 (0.20 to 0.79) 0.01 0.28 (0.13 to 0.60) 0.01 0.35 (0.21 to 0.58) 0.01
 Plasmapheresis (versus no use) 0.90 (0.47 to 1.72) 0.74 0.86 (0.43 to 1.75) 0.68 0.92 (0.58 to 1.46) 0.73
 Treatment response (versus no response) 0.06 (0.02 to 0.15) <0.001 0.09 (0.04 to 0.20) <0.001 0.10 (0.06 to 0.16) <0.001
 Normal glomeruli>10% (versus ≤10%) 0.59 (0.32 to 1.08) 0.09 0.52 (0.27 to 1.01) 0.05 0.65 (0.43 to 0.99) 0.04
 Arteriosclerosis (versus none) 0.93 (0.42 to 2.08) 0.86 6.33 (0.87 to 46.1) 0.07 1.72 (0.83 to 3.55) 0.15
 Activity index score (unit decrease) 0.96 (0.88 to 1.04) 0.33 0.99 (0.89 to 1.09) 0.81 0.98 (0.93 to 1.05) 0.60
 Chronicity index score (unit decrease) 0.91 (0.84 to 0.99) 0.03 0.93 (0.85 to 1.02) 0.14 0.93 (0.88 to 0.99) 0.02
 EUVAS classification (13)
  Focal (versus sclerotic) 0.49 (0.26 to 1.02) 0.08 0.53 (0.06 to 4.38) 0.55 0.44 (0.15 to 1.29) 0.14
  Mixed (versus sclerotic) 0.50 (0.20 to 1.29) 0.16 1.95 (0.81 to 4.69) 0.14 0.83 (0.49 to 1.40) 0.49
  Crescentic (versus sclerotic) 0.69 (0.32 to 1.18) 0.22 1.45 (0.58 to 3.66) 0.43 0.67 (0.38 to 1.18) 0.22
Multivariate model
 Age
  65–74 yr (versus <54 yr) 5.06 (1.38 to 18.5) 0.01
  ≥75 yr (versus <54 yr) 4.38 (1.13 to 16.9) 0.03
 Treatment response 0.06 (0.02 to 0.14) <0.001 0.09 (0.04 to 0.22) <0.001 0.09 (0.02 to 0.15) <0.001
 Cyclophosphamide use 0.43 (0.19 to 0.9) 0.0 0.39 (0.21 to 0.73) 0.01

Activity index score ranges from 0 to 20; chronicity index score ranges from 0 to 16. Treatment response is time-varying variable changing status after 4 months. CRR, competing risk regression model; Cox, Cox proportional hazard model; SHR, subdistribution hazard ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; MPO, myeloperoxidase; PR3, proteinase 3; EUVAS, European Vasculitis Study Group.

a

CRR was used to determine risk factors associated with ESRD, outcome of interest with competing risks of disease-related mortality, and mortality from other causes.

b

Disease-related mortality is the outcome of interest competing with ESRD and mortality from other causes.

c

Conjoined outcomes with ESRD or all-cause mortality were used for Cox proportional hazard model.