Table 5. Olfactory function in relation to CKD hospitalization during 12 years of follow-up (n = 2531).
| Olfactory | Censored | CKD hospitalization | Death without CKD hospitalization | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| function | Event | CIR (95% CI) a | P | Event | CIR (95% CI) a | P | |
| Anosmia | 95 | 44 | 0.91 (0.64, 1.29) | 0.583 | 226 | 1.54 (1.36, 1.74) | <0.001 |
| Hyposmia | 173 | 64 | 0.96 (0.70, 1.34) | 0.828 | 220 | 1.24 (1.09, 1.42) | 0.001 |
| Moderate | 404 | 118 | 0.95 (0.72, 1.25) | 0.719 | 343 | 1.08 (0.96, 1.22) | 0.218 |
| Good | 453 | 110 | Reference | 281 | Reference | ||
Abbreviations: CKD: chronic kidney disease; CIR: cumulative incidence ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.
a adjusted for age, gender, race, research site, education, BMI, smoking status, alcohol consumption, brisk walking, self-reported general health status, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, chronic lung diseases, LDL-cholesterol, log-transformed HDL-cholesterol, albumin, antihypertensive drugs and statin uses.