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Table 3 Risks of death in groups on the basis of risk scores in validation dataset

From: A new risk scoring system for prediction of long-term mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis

Follow-up period

15 years

10 years

5 years

All-cause death

 Group 1

0.15 (0.06, 0.25)

0.14 (0.042, 0.23)

0.039 (0.001, 0.091)

 Group 2

0.58 (0.50, 0.67)

0.42 (0.34, 0.51)

0.23 (0.16, 0.30)

 Group 3

0.92 (0.86, 0.99)

0.74 (0.64, 0.85)

0.49 (0.36, 0.61)

 Group 4

0.98 (0.93, 0.99)

0.93 (0.84, 0.99)

0.65 (0.50, 0.80)

CVD-caused death

 Group 1

0.12 (0.029, 0.20)

0.096 (0.016, 0.18)

0.019 (0.001, 0.057)

 Group 2

0.26 (0.18, 0.33)

0.21 (0.14, 0.28)

0.088 (0.040, 0.14)

 Group 3

0.55 (0.43, 0.67)

0.50 (0.38, 0.62)

0.32 (0.21, 0.43)

 Group 4

0.60 (0.45, 0.75)

0.58 (0.42, 0.73)

0.40 (0.25, 0.55)

  1. Values are risks of death with 95 % confidence intervals in each group. Patients were categorized into four groups on the basis of their risk scores
  2. CVD cardiovascular disease