Table 5.

Mortality associated with gastrointestinal bleeding events and other factors

Predictor	Comparison	Hazard ratio for death	95 % CI	p value
At least one bleeding episode vs none		1.898	1.86–1.93	< 0.0001
Each additional bleeding episode		1.030	1.02–1.04	< 0.0001
Age	40–49 vs under 40	1.191	1.16–1.22	< 0.0001
	50–59 vs under 40	1.347	1.32–1.38	< 0.0001
	60–69 vs under 40	1.574	1.54–1.61	< 0.0001
	70–79 vs under 40	1.884	1.84–1.93	< 0.0001
	80+ vs under 40	2.374	2.32–2.43	< 0.0001
Sex	Female vs male	0.977	0.97–0.98	< 0.0001
Race	Black vs White	0.830	0.82–0.84	< 0.0001
	Other vs White	0.836	0.82–0.85	< 0.0001
Etiology of ESRD	Hypertension vs diabetes	0.923	0.92–0.93	< 0.0001
	Glomerulonephrophritis vs diabetes	0.783	0.77–0.79	< 0.0001
	Other vs diabetes	1.061	1.05–1.07	< 0.0001
Year of first service	1998–1999 vs 1996–1997	1.125	1.11–1.14	< 0.0001
	2000–2001 vs 1996–1997	1.294	1.28–1.31	< 0.0001
	2002–2003 vs 1996–1997	1.626	1.61–1.64	< 0.0001
	2004–2005 vs 1996–1997	2.316	2.29–2.35	< 0.0001
Initial modality PD vs HD		1.147	1.13–1.16	< 0.0001

ESRD end-stage renal disease, HD hemodialysis, PD peritoneal dialysis