Table 3. Risk factors for all-cause, cardiovascular, and infectious mortality.

Variable	All-cause death (n = 420)		Cardiovascular death (n = 216)		Infectious death (n = 76)
	Multivariate (HR, 95% CI)	P value	Multivariate (HR, 95% CI)	P value	Multivariate (HR, 95% CI)	P value
Gender (male versus female)	1.011 (0.825–1.238)	0.919	1.038 (0.784–1.374)	0.793	0.946 (0.588–1.521)	0.818
Age (per 5 years)	1.280 (1.226–1.335)	<0.001	1.321 (1.243–1.403)	<0.001	1.277 (1.153–1.414)	<0.001
Dialysis inception (2010–2013 versus 2006–2009)	0.648 (0.519–0.810)	<0.001	0.609 (0.447–0.829)	0.002	0.780 (0.464–1.313)	0.350
Diabetes (yes versus no)	1.398 (1.130–1.730)	0.002	1.525 (1.140–2.041)	0.005	1.445 (0.881–2.370)	0.144
CVD (yes versus no)	1.859 (1.488–2.321)	<0.001	2.064 (1.515–2.812)	<0.001	2.367 (1.391–4.029)	0.001
24 h urine output (per 100 ml)	0.978 (0.958–0.998)	0.031	0.990 (0.963–1.018)	0.488	0.963 (0.916–1.011)	0.132
N/L	1.067 (1.030–1.105)	<0.001	1.072 (1.022–1.124)	0.005	1.057 (0.971–1.150)	0.199
Hemoglobin (per g/dl)	0.883 (0.837–0.933)	<0.001	0.869 (0.806–0.938)	<0.001	0.898 (0.791–1.020)	0.097
Albumin (per g/dl)	0.677 (0.553–0.830)	<0.001	0.810 (0.609–1.077)	0.147	0.593 (0.367–0.957)	0.032

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HR, hazard ratio; N/L, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio.

The boldface indicated that P values less than 0.05 are considered statistically significant.