Table 2.
Final multivariate analysis for cardiovascular mortality risk within two years of initialisation of peritoneal dialysis in derivation cohort.
| Predictors | Coefficient | 95% Confidence Interval |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.02041 | (0.018959 to 0.021856) |
| (Body mass index/10)^2 | −0.5102 | (−0.59201 to −0.42838) |
| (Body mass index/10)^2*ln(Body mass index/10) | 0.35498 | (0.299653 to 0.410314) |
| (Phosphorus/10)^−0.5 | −0.582 | (−0.70562 to −0.45848) |
| (Phosphorus/10)^3 | 2.60171 | (1.380815 to 3.822601) |
| (Total Protein/100)^−2 | −0.002 | (−0.0062 to 0.002175) |
| (Total Protein/100)^−0.5 | −0.6709 | (−0.88517 to −0.45664) |
| [(Total Cholesterol + 1.673428429186277)/10]^0.5 | 0.91848 | (−0.5990 to 2.435950) |
| [(Total Cholesterol + 1.673428429186277)/10]^0.5*ln[(Total Cholesterol + 1.673428429186277)/10] | −1.3419 | (−2.37972 to −0.30414) |
| (Sodium/100)^3 | −1.0792 | (−1.43245 to −0.72589) |
| (Sodium/100)^3*ln(Sodium/100) | 1.09368 | (0.534857 to 1.652509) |
| (Systolic blood pressure/100)^−2 | −0.2414 | (−0.52917 to 0.046443) |
| (Systolic blood pressure/100)^−2*ln(Systolic blood pressure/100) | −0.6225 | (−1.51146 to 0.266407) |
| (Diastolic blood pressure/100)^−2 | −0.4171 | (−0.58956 to −0.24465) |
| (Diastolic blood pressure/100)^−2*ln(Diastolic blood pressure/100) | −0.4521 | (−0.64874 to −0.25555) |
| Albumin | −0.0791 | (−0.08283 to −0.07531) |
| Low density lipoprotein | −0.0679 | (−0.08497 to −0.05092) |
| Fasting glucose | 0.01807 | (0.011513 to 0.024625) |
| Constant | 4.08926 | (2.363196 to 5.815327) |