Table 4.

Associations of CRP and Nutritional Parameters With Cardiovascular 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	0.96 (0.45–2.05)		0.97 (0.45–2.07)	0.96 (0.45–2.05)
≥2.84 and, 3.40	1.91 (0.97–3.77)		2.03 (1.03–4.02)	1.98 (1.00–3.92)
≥3.40	2.20 (1.12–4.29)		2.17 (1.10–4.27)	2.01 (1.01–4.00)
BMI (each kg/m2 increase)		0.96 (0.92–1.00)	0.95 (0.91–0.99)	0.95 (0.91–0.99)
Serum creatinine (each mg/dL increase)		0.84 (0.76–0.92)	0.86 (0.77–0.94)	0.86 (0.78–0.95)
Serum albumin (each g/dL increase)				0.73 (0.45–1.21)

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.