Significant association of different covariates with all-cause mortality (forward conditional Cox regression)
| From dialysis start | From first laboratory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wald | p Value | HR (95% CI)* | Wald | p Value | HR (95% CI) | |
| Age | 31.4 | <0.001 | 1.04 (1.02 to 1.06) | 32.7 | <0.001 | 1.05 (1.03 to 1.063) |
| Vintage | 95.6 | <0.001 | 0.509 (0.449 to 0.577) | 110 | <0.001 | 0.520 (0.458 to 0.590) |
| Diabetes | 15.4 | <0.001 | 2.124 (1.46 to 3.09) | 9.80 | 0.008 | 1.71 (1.22 to 2.40) |
| Kt/V | 4.83 | 0.031 | 0.619 (0.403 to 0.949) | 4.432 | 0.035 | 0.647 (0.432 to 0.654) |
| PTH | 2.55 | 0.601 | 0.834 | 0.923 | ||
| PO4 | 1.52 | 0.530 | 0.097 | 0.754 | ||
| Ca | 0.82 | 0.150 | 0.000 | 0.883 | ||
| Total AP | 37.7 | <0.001 | 1.01 (1 to 1.01) | 40.75 | 0.043 | 1 (1 to 1.01) |
| sAP | 2.10 | 0.089 | 1.74 | 0.182 | ||
| Individual minimum sAP | 20.4 | <0.001 | 1.14 (1.08 to 1.21) | 23.5 | <0.001 | 1.17 (1.10 to 1.24) |
| sAP calculations after AP exclusion | ||||||
| sAP | 6.62 | 0.021 | 0.937 (0.891 to 0.985) | 7.94 | 0.005 | 0.923 (0.876 to 0.977) |
| Individual minimum sAP | 20.4 | <0.001 | 1.14 (1.08 to 1.21) | 23.5 | <0.001 | 1.17 (1.10 to 1.24) |
*Given as relative risk for every numerical unit of covariate to increase risk of mortality (exp. (B)) or binary relative risk for the categorical covariate presence of diabetes.
PTH, parathyroid hormone.