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. 2021 Mar;320:70–78. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.01.018

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Fig. 4 — Association of B2M with risk for all-cause and infectious mortality, comparing highest versus lowest third of B2M.

HD/PD patients and those at CKD Stage 5 are normally ESRD patients. B2M: Beta-2-microglobulin; CI: Confidence Interval; CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; ESRD: End Stage Renal Disease; GP: General Populations; HD: Hemodialysis; PD: Peritoneal Dialysis; RR: Relative Risk. Adjustment: no adjustment, + adjusted for age and/or sex, ++ age, sex, and non-lipid risk factors (e.g. race, medication use), +++ adjusted for age, sex, diabetes, body mass index/blood pressure/smoking and/or lipid markers, ++++adjusted for preceding plus inflammatory markers; +++++adjusted for preceding plus urinary indices.