Table 5.

Association with hospitalization days^a at 1 year using multivariate linear regression

	β coefficient (95% CI)	P-value
Initial KRT modalityTW-HDI-HDPD	Ref −0.89 (−1.89 to 0.09) −0.35 (−1.74 to 1.02)	0.077 0.612
Age (years)	−0.02 (−0.05 to 0.01)	0.252
Gender (men)	−0.19 (−0.99 to 0.61)	0.643
Charlson score	0.43 (0.24 to 0.62)	<0.001
Urgent KRT initiation	−0.11 (−1.01 to 0.77)	0.793
Access typeHD catheterAVFPD catheter	Ref −1.08 (−2.19 to 0.02) −1.27 (−2.84 to 0.28)	0.054 0.108

^aSquare-root transformation was used. Bold values indicate P <0.05.