Table 1.

Factors associated with candidemia in hemodialysis patients.

Variable	Cases n = 77 (%)	Controls n = 154 (%)	P-value Odds Ratio
Implantable vascular catheter*	57 (74)	72 (46.8)	<0.0001 3.24 (1.78 –5.91)
TPN	15 (19.5)	2 (1.3)	<0.0001 18.38 (4.08 –82.79)
Neutropenia	4 (5.2)	0	0.01 †
Surgery	38 (49.4)	73 (47.4)	0.88 1.08 (0.62 –1.87)
Corticosteroids	10 (13)	17 (11)	0.82 1.20 (0.52 –2.77)
Diabetes mellitus	45 (58.4)	99 (64.3)	0.74 0.78 (0.43 –1.42)
Cirrhosis	3 (3.9)	6 (3.9)	1.0 1 (0.19 –4.67)
Cancer	8 (10.4)	8(5.2)	0.11 2.12 (0.76 –5.87)
Antibiotic use	64 (83.1)	106 (68.8)	0.03 2.23 (1.12 –4.43)
Mortality	40 (51.9)	12 (7.8)	<0.0001 12.79 (5.78 –28.8)
Multivariate analysis
Implantable catheter	57 (74)	72(46.8)	0.0001 3.25 (1.71 –6.19)
TPN	15 (19.5)	2 (1.3)	<0.0001 18.39 (3.85 –120.13)
Antibiotic use	64 (83.1)	106 (68.8)	0.13 0.67 (0.39 –1.17)

^*Includes tunneled and non-tunneled catheters

^†odds ratio was not determined as no patients in the control group had neutropenia.