Table 2. Cox proportional hazards model for outcomes in incident hemodialysis patients subsequently with long bone fracture, non-long bone fracture, and no fracture.
| Variable | LB Fx N = 3008 | No Fx 1 N = 15040 | NLB Fx N = 2070 | No Fx 2 N = 10350 | NLB Fx N = 2070 | LB Fx N = 3008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | HR | P | N (%) | N (%) | HR | P | N (%) | N (%) | HR | P | |
| Mortality | 1045 (34.7) | 3501 (23.3) | 1.59 | <0.001 | 660 (31.9) | 2298 (22.2) | 1.52 | <0.001 | 660 (31.9) | 1045 (34.7) | 0.94 | 0.196 |
| Stroke | 823 (27.4) | 3930 (26.1) | 1.09 | 0.028 | 603 (29.1) | 2619 (25.3) | 1.19 | <0.001 | 603 (29.1) | 823 (27.4) | 1.08 | 0.157 |
| CAD | 922 (30.7) | 4675 (31.1) | 0.99 | 0.898 | 707 (34.2) | 3204 (31.0) | 1.13 | 0.003 | 707 (34.2) | 922 (30.7) | 1.13 | 0.012 |
| ACS | 290 (9.6) | 1624 (10.8) | 0.92 | 0.181 | 221 (10.7) | 1105 (10.7) | 1.03 | 0.687 | 221 (10.7) | 286 (9.5) | 1.12 | 0.206 |
| PAOD | 236 (7.8) | 1177 (7.8) | 1.06 | 0.382 | 210(10.1) | 778 (7.5) | 1.41 | <0.001 | 210 (10.1) | 236 (7.8) | 1.27 | 0.011 |
ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CAD, coronary artery disease; HR, hazard ratio; PAOD, peripheral arterial occlusive disease; LB Fx, long bone fracture; No Fx-1, no fracture group matched with the LB Fx group; NLB Fx, non-long bone fracture; No Fx-2, no fracture group matched with the NLB Fx group.
Adjustments were made for age, sex, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and COPD.