. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Jul;66(7):1057–1062. doi: 10.1002/acr.22268

Table 3.

Mortality by initial BILD scores

	BILD score

	0	1	2	≥3
Total BILD score
Number subjects	225	247	158	328
Number of deaths	2	5	10	43
% mortality	0.9%	2.0%	6.3%	13.1%
Hazard ratio (95% CI), unadjusted	(reference)	2.4 (0.5, 12.2)	7.8 (1.7, 35.5)	15.5 (3.7, 63.8)
Hazard ratio (95% CI), adjusted^*	(reference)	2.0 (0.4, 10.2)	6.1 (1.3, 30.0)	10.8 (2.5, 46.2)
BILD score omitting renal disease items
Number of subjects	239	271	174	274
Number of deaths	3	7	13	37
% mortality	1.3%	2.6%	7.5%	13.5%
Hazard ratio (95% CI), adjusted^†	(reference)	1.8 (0.5, 7.0)	4.9 (1.4, 17.6)	6.7 (1.9, 23.1)

adjusted for age, sex, disease duration, race/ethnicity, education, and disease activity (SLAQ)

^†

adjusted for variables listed above as well as incident dialysis or renal transplant.