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. 2014 Oct 10;93(18):e106. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000106

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

(A) Unadjusted and (B) fully adjusted HRs of all-cause mortality across the different categories of serum phosphorus and ALP levels in 9514 patients with MHD during 30,363 person-years of follow-up. The reference group (ALP ≤ 60 U/L and 4 mg/dL ≤ phosphorus < 5 mg/dL) has the lowest HR. Patients with higher ALP (>150 U/L) and hyperphosphatemia (>7.0 mg/dL) had the greatest mortality risk after full adjustments. Note that the association between serum phosphorus levels and mortality is not limited to higher ALP levels in the fully adjusted model. ALP = alkaline phosphatase, HR = hazard ratio, MHD = maintenance hemodialysis.