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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Mech Ageing Dev. 2008 Mar 10;129(6):299–303. doi: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.02.006

Table 2.

Relationship between erytropoietin and other risk factors with polyneuropathy in older adults

Characteristic OR 95% CI p
Model 1
  Erythropoietin (log) 0.54 0.32–0.93 0.03
  Age (years) 1.01 0.97–1.04 0.77
  Sex (female) 1.27 0.73–2.22 0.40
Model 2
  Erythropoietin (log) 0.43 0.22–0.84 0.01
  Age (years) 1.01 0.97–1.06 0.57
  Sex (female) 1.48 0.78–2.82 0.24
  Body mass index (kg/m2) 0.99 0.93–1.06 0.77
  Hemoglobin (g/dl) 1.09 0.85–1.40 0.46
  Creatinine (mg/dl) 1.38 0.28–6.77 0.68
  Diabetes 2.47 1.08–15.65 0.03
Model 3 (non-anemic population)a
  Erythropoietin (log) 0.32 0.15–0.68 0.003
a

Also adjusted for covariates of the Model 2.