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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Aug 16;64(4):592–599. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2014.05.020

Table 3.

Adjusted hazards ratios for outcomes on dialysis therapy, patients with ADPKD (n = 23,772)

Group Reference Death Listing Transplant
27.9 %/4.3 years 53 %/1.8 years 35.7 %/2.9 years
Initial RRT 2006-2010 2001-2005 0.86 (0.81-0.92) 0.99 (0.95-1.04)a 0.86 (0.82-0.9)
Age 40-64 yrs. < 40 1.76 (1.52-2.03) 0.88 (0.81-0.94) 0.92 (0.86-1)b
Age ≥ 65 yrs. < 40 7.19 (6.22-8.31) 0.21 (0.19-0.23) 0.26 (0.23-0.29)
Female sex Male 0.86 (0.81-0.9) 0.96 (0.92-1.01)a 0.93 (0.89-0.97)c
African American race White 1 (0.93-1.08)a 0.77 (0.71-0.82) 0.45 (0.41-0.48)
Other race White 0.7 (0.61-0.81) 1.06 (0.95-1.19)a 0.68 (0.61-0.77)
Hispanic ethnicity Non-Hispanic 0.73 (0.66-0.81) 0.96 (0.89-1.03)a 0.54 (0.5-0.59)
Ischemic heart disease Absent 1.69 (1.58-1.81) 0.61 (0.55-0.67) 0.58 (0.53-0.65)
Diabetes Absent 1.52 (1.4-1.64) 0.69 (0.63-0.76) 0.53 (0.48-0.59)
Peritoneal dialysis Hemodialysis 0.66 (0.61-0.72) 1.34 (1.26-1.42) 1.21 (1.15-1.28)
Preemptive transplant
 Living donor Hemodialysis 0.13 (0.10-0.16)c - -
 Deceased donor Hemodialysis 0.21 (0.16-0.29)c - -
Nephrology care ≤ 12 mo.d ≥12 1.09 (1.02-1.16)c 0.87 (0.82-0.92) 0.69 (0.65-0.73)
eGFR > 15 mL/min/1.73 m2 ≤15 1.76 (1.57-1.98) 0.74 (0.65-0.85) 0.73 (0.63-0.84)
BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 < 30 0.84 (0.79-0.89) 0.97 (0.92-1.02)a 0.8 (0.76-0.85)
Albumin < 3.5 g/dL ≥ 3.5 1.86 (1.76-1.97) 0.67 (0.63-0.72) 0.68 (0.64-0.73)
Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL < 9.0 0.87 (0.82-0.92) 1.22 (1.15-1.29) 1.19 (1.13-1.26)

Note: Hazards ratios are adjusted for age, sex, race, and ethnicity and are presented with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. P ≥ 0.05 unless otherwise indicated. ADPKD, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; RRT, renal replacement therapy.

a

0.01 ≤P value < 0.05.

b

0.001 ≤P value< 0.01.

c

P value < 0.001.

d

Information available for 58.9% of the cohort (n = 14,002).