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. 2015 Sep 21;16:155. doi: 10.1186/s12882-015-0149-7

Table 4.

Association of depressive/anxiety categories with death, dialysis, and hospitalization in CKD patients

Neither depression or anxiety Both depression and anxiety Only depression Only anxiety
(N = 58) (N = 23) (N = 11) (N = 8)
Dialysis/death Unadjusted Reference 1.9 (0.9 – 3.9) 1.5 (0.6 – 3.8) 0.6 (0.1 – 2.6)
Dialysis/death Adjusted a Reference 2.2 (1.0 – 4.8)* 1.8 (0.6 – 4.8) 0.9 (0.2 – 4.2)
Composite event b Unadjusted Reference 2.1 (1.2 – 3.7) 2.2 (1.1 – 4.4) 1.5 (0.6 – 3.6)
Composite event b Adjusted a Reference 2.2 (1.2 – 4.0) 2.3 (1.0 – 5.3)* 1.6 (0.6 – 4.1)

Values expressed as hazard ratio (95 % confidence interval)

*P < 0.05

aAdjusted for age, gender, history of depression, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and glomerular filtration rate

bComposite event: death, initiation of dialysis or first hospitalization