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Table 3 Cox proportional hazard analysis of the covariates for predicting composite endpoints including cardiovascular events and 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)

1.04 (1.00 to 1.09)

0.044

Gender (M)

1.25 (0.73 to 2.25)

0.419

Duration of HD (per 1 year)

1.03 (0.97 to 1.09)

0.357

Albumin (per 1 g/dL)

0.16 (0.05 to 0.64)

0.011

Creatinine (per 1 mg/dL)

0.67 (0.52 to 0.86)

0.001

Uric acid (per 1 mg/dL)

0.80 (0.51 to 1.21)

0.294

Corrected calcium (per 1 mg/dL)

1.68 (0.74 to 3.64)

0.211

Phosphate (per 1 mg/dL)

0.60 (0.34 to 0.96)

0.033

Ca × P (per 1 (mg/dL)2)

0.96 (0.91 to 1.01)

0.084

Total cholesterol (per 1 mg/dL)

0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)

0.141

Triglyceride (per 1 mg/dL)

1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)

0.153

C-reactive protein (per 1 mg/dL)

1.44 (0.84 to 2.05)

0.154

Hemoglobin (per 1 g/dL)

0.52 (0.27 to 0.98)

0.042

Hypertension (Y)

1.40 (0.81 to 2.67)

0.239

Diabetes mellitus (Y)

0.62 (0.15 to 1.40)

0.299

ABI (per 0.1)a

0.65 (0.50 to 0.86)

0.025

ΔABI (per 0.1)a

0.73 (0.61 to 0.90)

0.005

  1. ΔABI = ABI in 2011 − ABI in 2005
  2. HD hemodialysis, Ca calcium, P phosphate, ABI ankle-brachial blood pressure index
  3. a ABI and ΔABI: smaller values among both legs