Table 3.

Associations of Nutritional Parameters and CRP With All-Cause Mortality

	Model A* Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Model B† Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Model C‡ Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Model D§ Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Log CRP (mg/L) quartiles
<2.17	Reference		Reference	Reference
≥2.17 and, 2.84	1.02 (0.64–1.64)		1.07 (0.67–1.73)	1.06 (0.66–1.70)
≥2.84 and, 3.40	1.37 (0.88–2.14)		1.49 (0.95–2.34)	1.44 (0.92–2.27)
≥3.40	2.02 (1.31–3.10)		2.13 (1.38–3.30)	1.88 (1.21–2.92)
BMI (each kg/m2 increase)		0.93 (0.90–0.96)	0.93 (0.91–0.96)	0.93 (0.91–0.96)
Serum creatinine (each mg/dL increase)		0.85 (0.80–0.91)	0.85 (0.80–0.91)	0.87 (0.81–0.92)
Serum albumin (each g/dL increase)				0.59 (0.43–0.82)

BMI, body mass index; CRP, C-reactive protein; CI, confidence interval; HEMO, Hemodialysis Study.

^*CRP was adjusted for demographics, dialysis vintage, HEMO treatment groups, comorbidity, and serum bicarbonate.

^†BMI and serum creatinine were adjusted for above covariates.

^‡CRP, BMI, and serum creatinine were adjusted for above covariates.

^§CRP, BMI, serum creatinine, and serum albumin were adjusted for above covariates.