Table 6. Factors associated with total bleeding events.
| Total bleeding events | P -value | ||
|
No N = 204 |
Yes N = 31 |
||
| Age, mean (±SD) | 64.91 ± 14.42 | 68.94 ± 12.86 | 0.14§ |
| Dialysis vintage, mean (±SD) | 45.33 ± 40.87 | 45.23 ± 36.87 | 0.99§ |
| Smoking, n (%) | 85 (41.7) | 10 (32.3) | 0.32¥ |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 157 (77.0) | 22 (71.0) | 0.47¥ |
| Coronary artery disease, n (%) | 56 (27.5) | 10 (32.3) | 0.58¥ |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 93 (45.6) | 15 (48.4) | 0.77¥ |
| Aspirin, n (%) | 28 (13.7) | 9 (29.0) | 0.03¥ |
| Acenocoumadin, n (%) | 22 (10.8) | 9 (29.0) | 0.01¥ |
| Clopidogrel, n (%) | 33 (16.2) | 3 (9.7) | 0.35¥ |
| Multivariate analysis* | |||
| OR (95% CI) | P -value | ||
| Acenocoumadin | 4.85 (1.85–12.66) | 0.001 | |
| Aspirin | 3.81 (1.49–9.75) | 0.005 | |
*Variables included in the model were: age; dialysis vintage; smoking; hypertension; diabetes; coronary artery disease; acenocoumadin; clopidogrel; aspirin
§Student’s test for continuous variables,
¥Chi-square test for categorical variables, significant p-value < 0.05.