Table 4.
Factors associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients.
| Univariate Cox Regression Analysis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Cause Mortality | Cardiovascular Mortality | |||||||
| Variable | p-Value | HR | CI 95% | p-Value | HR | 95% CI | ||
| Low | Upper | p | Low | Upper | ||||
| Diabetes (non) | 0.001 a | 0.182 | 0.070 | 0.472 | 0.013 b | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.673 |
| Age (y) | 0.001 a | 1.018 | 1.004 | 1.031 | 0.014 b | 1.08 | 1.02 | 1.15 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 0.009 b | 1.02 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 0.107 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.04 |
| OPG(pmol/L) | 0.013 b | 1.09 | 1.01 | 1.16 | 0.001 a | 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.17 |
| sAlb (g/dL) | 0.001 a | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.23 | 0.016 b | 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.79 |
| cCa (mg/dL) | 0.119 | 1.29 | 0.88 | 1.91 | 0.001 a | 1.41 | 1.15 | 1.73 |
| VC (CaSc) | 0.019 b | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.003 a | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| P (mg/dL) | 0.723 | 0.96 | 0.76 | 1.21 | 0.885 | 0.90 | 0.69 | 1.37 |
| iPTH (pg/mL) | 0.530 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.965 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 1.01 |
| LnCRP (mg/L) | 0.057 | 1.28 | 0.99 | 1.65 | 0.147 | 1.32 | 0.91 | 1.92 |
Baseline variable Cox enter model analysis. a p < 0.005, b p < 0.05. SBP: systolic blood pressure, OPG: osteoprotegerin, sAlb: serum albumin, cCa: albumin-corrected calcium, VC: vascular calcification, P: phosphorus, iPTH: intact parathormone, lnCRP: C reactive protein.