Table 4.

RR and 95% CI for factors predicting the infectious disease hospitalization after initiation of dialysis therapy

Parameter	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	p value
Unadjusted
Binary analysis; MLR, >median†	1.91 (1.01–3.60)	0.045*
Analysis as continuous variable; MLR (per unit)††	2.42 (0.45–10.77)	0.289
Analysis as continuous variable; MLR (per whole)†††	2.62 (0.42–13.38)	0.273
Model 1
MLR, >median†	2.44 (1.22–4.85)	0.026*
Age, >61 years	2.21 (1.12–4.35)	0.187
Gender, man	2.56 (1.10–5.92)	0.014*
Diabetes mellitus, presence	5.83 (2.61–13.03)	0.003*
Model 3 (model 2 + smoking habit + CRP)
MLR, >median†	1.99 (1.01–3.92)	0.046*

RR, relative risk; MLR, monocyte/lymphocyte ratio; CI, confidence interval.

^†RR was calculated by dividing the MLR into 2 groups' ratio as an ordinal variable,

^††By MLR as a continuous variable when changing by 1 unit.

^†††By MLR as a continuous variable when changing by whole range.

^*p < 0.05.