Table 4. Independent factors associated with mortality evaluated by multivariate Cox proportional methods.
| Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR | 95%CI | p | HR | 95%CI | p | |||
| Variation of hs-CRP/albumin ratio* | 1.02 | 0.98 | 1.06 | 0.28 | 1.05 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 0.02 |
| Baseline hs-CRP/albumin ratio | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 0.16 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.07 | 0.11 |
* Standard deviation of hs-CRP/Albumin ratio
Abbreviations: hs-CRP = high sensitive C-reactive protein
Model 1: adjusted by hemodialysis vintage, gender, age at the start of study, and Davies co-morbidity score
Model 2: after withdrawal two co-variants “age at the start of study” and “Davies score” from model 1