Table 5.

Death risk factors in diabetic patients: the univariate and multivariate analysis.

Parameter/variables	HR	95% CI	p value
Univariate analysis
Sex (female)	3.957	0.462–33.870	0.209
Age (years)
70–79	1.985	0.124–31.848	0.628
≥80	10.771	1.202–96.531	0.034
Anemia	18.442	2.151–158.080	0.008
Heart failure	0.239	0.003–18.869	0.521
Coronary heart disease	1.803	0.330–9.853	0.496
Cancer	4.228	0.774–23.099	0.096
Acute coronary syndrome before age 60	2.619	0.306–22.449	0.380
Stroke before age 60	0	0	0.996
Atrial fibrillation	1.644	0.192–14.085	0.650
Chronic kidney disease	0	0	0.996
Pulmonary disease (asthma, COPD)	2.077	0.241–17.858	0.505
PAD	0.770	0.180–3.240	0.774
ESR	1.020	0.980–1.050	0.211
Multivariate analysis
Anemia	15.232	1.767–131.295	0.013

ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CI: confidence interval; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HR: hazard ratio; PAD: peripheral artery disease.