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Table 2 Predictors of ERI using univariate and multivariate regression analyses

From: Associations between the erythropoiesis-stimulating agent resistance index and the geriatric nutritional risk index of maintenance hemodialysis patients and increased mortality

 

Univariate

Multivariate

β

p value

β

p value

Age

0.140

0.0418

0.149

0.0118

Female vs male

0.260

0.0001

0.233

0.0003

Dialysis vintage

0.038

0.5373

0.032

0.5999

Diabetes

−0.013

0.8169

−0.017

0.7609

Cardiovascular disease

−0.021

0.7035

−0.013

0.8069

Kt/V

−0.034

0.6128

−0.025

0.7009

nPCR

0.019

0.7537

  

Log-CRP

0.081

0.1635

  

Total cholesterol

−0.203

0.0010

−0.194

0.0011

Diastolic BP

0.032

0.6049

  

Calcium (corrected)

−0.044

0.4237

  

Phosphorus

−0.117

0.0391

−0.105

0.0575

Intact-PTH

0.019

0.7430

  

Ferritin

0.010

0.8635

  

TSAT

−0.182

0.0023

−0.193

0.0004

GNRI

−0.203

0.0007

−0.205

0.0004

  1. Multivariate analysis adjusted for the value for age, gender, dialysis vintage, presence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, Kt/V, serum levels of total cholesterol and phosphorus, TSAT, and GNRI
  2. Abbreviations: nPCR normalized protein catabolic rate, BP blood pressure, CRP C-reactive protein, PTH parathyroid hormone, TAST transferrin saturation, GNRI geriatric nutritional risk index