Associations between race and gender and 1 year mortality following initiation of hemodialysis among patients with ESRD. Adjusted and unadjusted OR for probability of 1-year mortality. Compared to white patients, the odds ratios, fully adjusted, and 95% CIs in incident ESRD patients by race: blacks, 0.67 (0.66–0.68); Hispanics, 0.62 (0.61–0.63); Asians, 0.55 (0.53–0.56); and Native Americans, 0.62 (0.58–0.66). Compared to male patients, the OR, fully adjusted, and 95% CI for female patients, 1.01 (1.00–1.02).