Table 3.
Comorbidity profile among nonobese–nondiabetic and diabetic only–obese only ESRD patients compared to obese–diabetic ESRD patients
| Groups | Obese–diabetic (reference group) | OR |
p (multivariate) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonobese–nondiabetic | Comorbidities | <0.001 | |||
| CVD | 57.2% | 74.6% | OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.52–0.95 | 0.021 | |
| Coronary insufficiency | 24.5% | 43.7% | OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.39–0.63 | <0.001 | |
| COPD | 11.5% | 19.9% | OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.41–0.70 | <0.001 | |
| Cancer | 13.5% | 7.8% | OR 1.78, 95% CI 1.26–2.51 | 0.001 | |
| Arteritis of the lower limbs | 21.0% | 33.7% | OR 0.68, 95% CI 0.54–0.87 | 0.002 | |
| Other variables | |||||
| Age ≥75 years | 45.2% | 36.1% | OR 2.40, 95% CI 1.92–2.99 | <0.001 | |
| Female | 36.8% | 44.9% | OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.51–0.79 | <0.001 | |
| Smoking | 17.7% | 8.7% | OR 2.36, 95% CI 1.65–3.36 | <0.001 | |
| Dialysis modality (in-center dialysis) | 55.9% | 67.9% | OR 0.69, 95% CI 0.56–0.86 | 0.001 | |
| Registration on renal transplant waiting list | 16.0% | 8.8% | OR 2.33, 95% CI 1.64–3.30 | <0.001 | |
| Diabetic only |
Comorbidities COPD |
13.7% |
19.9% |
OR 0.56, 95%CI 0.42-0.75 |
0.001 <0.001 |
| Other variables | |||||
| Age ≥75 years | 49.8% | 36.1% | OR 2.09, 95% CI 1.66–2.63 | <0.001 | |
| Female | 32.9% | 44.9% | OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.46–0.74 | <0.001 | |
| Smoking | 12.0% | 8.7% | OR 1.48, 95% CI 1.02–2.17 | 0.042 | |
| Registration on renal transplant waiting list | 11.3% | 8.8% | OR 1.92, 95% CI 1.32–2.79 | 0.001 | |
| Obese only | Nonsignificant | 0.611 |
Note: p-values in bold represent the p-value for each group in the table.
Abbreviations: CVD, cardiovascular disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.