Table 3.
Cox Proportional Hazards Model with All-cause and Cause-specific Deaths as the Outcome Variables.
| All-cause deaths (n=337) | ||||||||||
| Parameter | β | SE | HR (95% CI) | p value | ||||||
| Albumin (g/dL) | -0.931 | 0.256 | 0.39 | ( | 0.24 | - | 0.65 | ) | <0.0001 | |
| Age (years) | 0.099 | 0.007 | 1.10 | ( | 1.09 | - | 1.12 | ) | <0.0001 | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | -0.004 | 0.010 | 1.00 | ( | 0.98 | - | 1.02 | ) | 0.718 | |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.007 | 0.012 | 1.01 | ( | 0.98 | - | 1.03 | ) | 0.544 | |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | -0.006 | 0.010 | 0.99 | ( | 0.98 | - | 1.01 | ) | 0.557 | |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL)* | 0.218 | 0.319 | 1.24 | ( | 0.67 | - | 2.32 | ) | 0.493 | |
| eGFR (mL/mL-1/1.73m-2) | -0.004 | 0.005 | 1.00 | ( | 0.99 | - | 1.01 | ) | 0.463 | |
| Cancer deaths (n=99) | ||||||||||
| Parameter | β | SE | HR (95% CI) | p value | ||||||
| Albumin (g/dL) | -0.855 | 0.435 | 0.43 | ( | 0.18 | - | 0.99 | ) | 0.049 | |
| Age (years) | 0.078 | 0.012 | 1.08 | ( | 1.06 | - | 1.11 | ) | <0.0001 | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | -0.059 | 0.036 | 0.94 | ( | 0.88 | - | 1.01 | ) | 0.105 | |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.049 | 0.038 | 1.05 | ( | 0.98 | - | 1.13 | ) | 0.198 | |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.048 | 0.036 | 1.05 | ( | 0.98 | - | 1.13 | ) | 0.184 | |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL)* | 1.512 | 0.891 | 4.54 | ( | 0.79 | - | 26.03 | ) | 0.090 | |
| eGFR (mL/mL-1/1.73m-2) | 0.015 | 0.009 | 1.02 | ( | 1.01 | - | 1.03 | ) | 0.084 | |
| Infection deaths (n=43) | ||||||||||
| Parameter | β | SE | HR (95% CI) | p value | ||||||
| Albumin (g/dL) | -1.584 | 0.644 | 0.21 | ( | 0.06 | - | 0.73 | ) | 0.014 | |
| Age (years) | 0.133 | 0.018 | 1.14 | ( | 1.1 | - | 1.19 | ) | <0.0001 | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.001 | 0.033 | 1.00 | ( | 0.94 | - | 1.07 | ) | 0.973 | |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.017 | 0.035 | 1.02 | ( | 0.95 | - | 1.09 | ) | 0.628 | |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | -0.009 | 0.032 | 0.99 | ( | 0.93 | - | 1.05 | ) | 0.771 | |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL)* | 0.077 | 0.888 | 1.08 | ( | 0.19 | - | 6.15 | ) | 0.931 | |
| eGFR (mL/mL-1/1.73m-2) | 0.009 | 0.013 | 1.01 | ( | 0.98 | - | 1.04 | ) | 0.503 | |
| CVD deaths (n=47) | ||||||||||
| Parameter | β | SE | HR (95% CI) | p value | ||||||
| Albumin (g/dL) | -1.643 | 0.599 | 0.19 | ( | 0.06 | - | 0.63 | ) | 0.006 | |
| Age (years) | 0.091 | 0.016 | 1.10 | ( | 1.06 | - | 1.13 | ) | <0.0001 | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.014 | 0.017 | 1.01 | ( | 0.98 | - | 1.05 | ) | 0.412 | |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | -0.002 | 0.021 | 1.00 | ( | 0.96 | - | 1.04 | ) | 0.943 | |
| LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | -0.022 | 0.016 | 0.98 | ( | 0.95 | - | 1.01 | ) | 0.162 | |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL)* | -0.330 | 0.623 | 0.72 | ( | 0.21 | - | 2.44 | ) | 0.597 | |
| eGFR (mL/mL-1/1.73m-2) | -0.016 | 0.012 | 0.98 | ( | 0.96 | - | 1.01 | ) | 0.984 | |
CVD: Cerebro-cardiovascular diseases, CI: confidence interval, HR: hazard ratio,
eGFR: estimated glomerular filter