Table 3. Hazard ratios for mortality of SAB in patients with non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (ND-CKD) versus dialysis^a .

	ND-CKD patients				Dialysis patients
	Univariate HR (95% CI)	P	Multivariate HR (95% CI)	P	Univariate HR (95% CI)	P	Multivariate HR (95% CI)	P
Age	1.037 (0.992–1.085)	0.110			1.020 (0.986–1.055)	0.249
Male	2.441 (0.713–8.356)	0.155			0.688 (0.278–1.711)	0.421
Charlson's comorbidity index	1.138 (0.986–1.315)	0.078			1.074 (0.866–1.332)	0.517
Pitt bacteremia score	1.237 (1.034 –1481)	0.020			1.359 (1.160–1.593)	<0.0001	1.376 (1.131–1.674)	0.001
Unknown primary focus	2.007 (0.693–5.810)	0.199			2.003 (0.759–5.282)	0.161
CRBSI	1.164 (0.464–2.918)	0.746			1.547 (0.609–3.933)	0.359
MRSA	2.118 (0.864–5.192)	0.101			1.458 (0.574–3.705)	0.428
Source control	0.543 (0.190–1.552)	0.254			0.330 (0.114–0.953)	0.041	0.397 (0.170–0.926)	0.037
Appropriate antibiotics ≤48 h	0.251 (0.094–0.669)	0.006	0.304 (0.108–0.857)	0.024	0.397 (0.161–0.981)	0.045	0.323 (0.116–0.897)	0.030

^aThe analysis was conducted with univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression.

HR, hazard ratio; CRBSI, catheter-related blood stream infection; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.