Table 2 Cox proportional hazard analysis of the covariates for predicting mortality (univariate analysis)
From: Changes in the ankle-brachial blood pressure index among hemodialysis patients
Parameters (n = 61) | Hazard ratio (95 % CI) | P value |
|---|---|---|
Age (per 1 year) | 1.06 (1.00 to 1.13) | 0.048 |
Gender (M) | 0.77 (0.34 to 1.64) | 0.493 |
Duration of HD (per 1 year) | 1.00 (0.91 to 1.09) | 0.969 |
Albumin (per 1 g/dL) | 0.12 (0.02 to 0.82) | 0.032 |
Creatinine (per 1 mg/dL) | 0.49 (0.32 to 0.71) | <0.001 |
Uric acid (per 1 mg/dL) | 0.42 (0.20 to 0.80) | 0.008 |
Corrected calcium (per 1 mg/dL) | 1.14 (0.42 to 2.81) | 0.789 |
Phosphate (per 1 mg/dL) | 0.26 (0.09 to 0.65) | 0.002 |
Ca × P (per 1 (mg/dL)2) | 0.98 (0.92 to 1.03) | 0.446 |
Total cholesterol (per 1 mg/dL) | 1.00 (0.98 to 1.02) | 0.919 |
Triglyceride (per 1 mg/dL) | 1.00 (0.98 to 1.02) | 0.916 |
C-reactive protein (per 1 mg/dL) | 1.04 (0.29 to 1.75) | 0.912 |
Hemoglobin (per 1 g/dL) | 0.60 (0.25 to 1.44) | 0.250 |
Hypertension (Y) | 2.15 (0.89 to 9.36) | 0.095 |
Diabetes mellitus (Y) | 0.95 (0.22 to 2.29) | 0.918 |
ABI (per 0.1)a | 0.43 (0.25 to 0.64) | <0.0001 |
ΔABI (per 0.1)a | 0.62 (0.49 to 0.79) | <0.001 |