Table 5.

Cox proportional hazards regression analysis for all-cause mortality

Variable	Unadjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P Value	Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	P Value
Antibiotic lock	0.36 (0.22 to 0.58)	0.001	0.32 (0.14 to 0.75)	0.008
Age, yr	1.28 (1.10 to 1.47)	0.001	1.05 (0.79 to 1.38)	0.73
Women	1.03 (0.70 to 1.51)	0.89	0.74 (0.38 to 1.44)	0.37
Race (black)	0.72 (0.48 to 1.07)	0.10	0.94 (0.47 to 1.88)	0.85
Dialysis vintage, mo	0.90 (0.54 to 1.49)	0.69	1.93 (0.98 to 3.81)	0.06
Heart failure	1.38 (0.91 to 2.11)	0.13	1.08 (0.48 to 2.45)	0.85
Coronary artery disease	1.24 (0.85 to 1.82)	0.27	0.88 (0.93 to 1.81)	0.73
Other heart disease	1.72 (1.16 to 2.56)	0.007	2.12 (0.99 to 4.54)	0.05
Cerebral vascular disease	1.70 (1.13 to 2.55)	0.01	1.00 (0.49 to 2.03)	>0.99
Peripheral vascular disease	1.04 (0.64 to 1.67)	0.88	0.91 (0.40 to 2.08)	0.82
Hypertension	0.29 (0.15 to 0.55)	0.001	0.47 (0.15 to 1.50)	0.20
Diabetes	0.91 (0.61 to 1.36)	0.65	0.94 (0.47 to 1.89)	0.86
COPD	1.31 (0.87 to 1.97)	0.21	1.53 (0.77 to 3.04)	0.23
Smoker	0.80 (0.47 to 1.36)	0.41	0.65 (0.26 to 1.63)	0.36
Cancer	1.20 (0.75 to 1.92)	0.45	0.97 (0.46 to 2.06)	0.94
Albumin, g/dl	0.18 (0.13 to 0.24)	0.001	0.47 (0.25 to 0.86)	0.01
Calcium (corrected), mg/dl	1.67 (1.18 to 2.34)	0.003	1.28 (0.88 to 1.87)	0.20
Phosphorus, mg/dl	0.87 (0.74 to 1.02)	0.09	1.20 (0.92 to 1.57)	0.17
Creatinine, mg/dl	0.72 (0.65 to 0.80)	0.001	0.83 (0.68 to 1.00)	0.05
Hemoglobin, g/dl	0.67 (0.58 to 0.78)	0.001	0.87 (0.69 to 1.10)	0.24
Iron saturation, %	1.14 (0.93 to 1.38)	0.20	1.12 (0.90 to 1.40)	0.34
Ferritin, ng/ml	2.11 (1.43 to 3.12)	0.001	1.04 (0.69 to 1.58)	0.85
White blood cells, K/μl	1.18 (1.14 to 1.21)	0.001	1.19 (1.10 to 1.29)	0.001

Hazard ratios are for change of 1 for all except age and iron saturation, where change was 10. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.