Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of risk factors for mortality in all HD patients

	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Demographic parameters
Age ≥70 years	1.55 (1.08–2.23)	0.017
Sex (male)	1.44 (1.02–2.04)	0.039
BMI	1.17 (0.97–1.42)	0.106
Diabetes mellitus	1.18 (0.84–1.66)	0.352
Employed/working	1.24 (0.9–1.71)	0.189
Separated, divorced or widow	1.29 (0.82–2.01)	0.268
Laboratory parameters before infection
25(OH) vitamin D (ng/mL)	0.93 (0.68–1.27)	0.648
Hemoglobin (1 g/dL)	0.91 (0.79–1.05)	0.213
Albumin (g/dL)	0.97 (0.93–1.02)	0.253
Inorganic phosphorus (mg/dL)	0.96 (0.86–1.07)	0.453
Calcium (mg/dL)	1.02 (0.84–1.23)	0.879
Intact PTH (pg/mL)	1.05 (0.81–1.36)	0.732
Comorbidities
Glomerulonephritis	0.8 (0.48–1.31)	0.367
Ischemic heart diseases	1.41 (0.99–2.00)	0.048
Pulmonary diseases	0.74 (0.49–1.13)	0.168
Neoplasms	1.27 (0.81–1.98)	0.296
Mental and behavioural disorders	1.11 (0.71–1.74)	0.648
Connective tissue disease	4.22 (0.74–23.97)	0.105
Other endocrine disease	1.41 (0.89–2.23)	0.143
Dialysis related parameters
AV fistula	0.6 (0.43–0.84)	0.003
Time on dialysis (month)	1 (1–1.01)	0.015
Medication
ACE inhibitors	0.86 (0.57–1.3)	0.474
Calcium antagonists	1 (0.74–1.35)	0.991
Digitalis	1.27 (0.36–4.43)	0.708
Nitrates	1.18 (0.77–1.81)	0.453
Antidepressant	1.12 (0.67–1.86)	0.678
Anxiolytic or hypnotic	1.72 (1.12–2.64)	0.014
Statins	1.08 (0.77–1.52)	0.646

ORs were calculated by logistic regression models, adjusted for all variables with a P < 0.2 in the univariate analyse, country and the following variables, considered to be of clinical relevance for the predicted outcomes: age, gender, BMI, diabetes mellitus, treatment with active vitamin D, hemoglobin, serum inorganic phosphorus, calcium and intact PTH.