Table 2.

Association with overall mortality using multivariate Cox proportional hazard model

	HR (95% CI)	P-value
Initial KRT modalityTW-HDI-HDPD	Ref 0.49 (0.26–0.93) 1.15 (0.65–2.02)	0.029 0.625
Age (years)	1.02 (1.00–1.04)	0.016
Gender (men)	0.94 (0.63–1.39)	0.769
Charlson score	1.17 (1.08–1.26)	<0.001
Urgent KRT initiation	1.21 (0.79–1.85)	0.375
Access typeHD catheterAVFPD catheter	Ref 1.14 (0.61–2.14) 0.94 (0.45–1.95)	0.668 0.885

Bold values indicate P <0.05.