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. 2016 Nov 8;6:36555. doi: 10.1038/srep36555

Table 7. Effect of other covariates on the 5D-IS score over time (n = 45).

  B CI [95%] Wald Chi-Square df Sig.
Smoking
 Smoker 0.097 −0.477–0.672 0.111 1 0.739
 Non-smoker 0a        
Gender
 Male 0.102 −0.498–0.720 0.111 1 0.032*
 Female 0a        
History of Renal disease
 1 to 4 years 0.167 0.444–0.777 0.287 1 0.592
 5 to 6 years 0.612 −0.221–1.444 2.072   0.150
 >6 years 0a  
Blood urea nitrogen −0.053 −0.103–0.002 4.193 1 0.041
Uric acid 0.007 0.003–0.011 9.828 1 0.002*
Serum creatinine 0.000 −0.001–0.001 0.292 1 0.589
Serum phosphate −0.210 −0.778–0.358 0.526 1 0.468
Para thyroid hormone 0.002 −0.001–0.005 1.528 1 0.216
Serum calcium 1.010 −0.047–2.066 3.510 1 0.061
Number of dialysis session 0.001 −0.006–0.002 3.907 1 0.048

Generalized linear model was used based on GEE, using working correlation matrix AR(1).

aSet to zero because this parameter is redundant.

*Significant; p < 0.05 was considered significant.