Table 3.

HR (95% CI) for start of dialysis per unit (mg/dL) increase in baseline UA

	CKD III–V	CKD III	CKD IV	CKD V
Crude HR	0.96 (0.92–1.01)	1.25 (1.02–1.52)	0.94 (0.88–1.00)	1.01 (0.94–1.09)
Adjusteda	0.97 (0.93–1.02)	0.99 (0.73–1.34)	0.97 (0.91–1.03)	0.99 (0.91–1.07)

^aAdjusted for age, sex, BMI, protein-restricted diet, diuretics, lipid-lowering medication, MAP, PRD, allopurinol use, diabetes, arrhythmia, CVD, IHD, hypertension, pulmonary disease and CHF.