Relationship between serum calcium level at dialysis initiation and subsequent prognosis

Table 2 Associations of variables with all-cause mortality according to the univariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis

Variables	HR	95% CI	p value
Serum adjusted calcium	1.332	1.185–1.498	<0.001
Age	1.057	1.045–1.070	<0.001
Female gender	0.685	0.521–0.901	0.007
BMI	0.912	0.882–0.943	<0.001
SBP (/10 mmHg)	0.922	0.892–0.953	<0.001
DBP (/10 mmHg)	0.837	0.789–0.888	<0.001
CTR	1.034	1.017–1.051	<0.001
Diabetes Mellitus	1.018	0.801–1.294	0.882
History of CVD	2.435	1.896–3.128	<0.001
Use of ACEIs or ARBs	0.732	0.576–0.931	0.011
Use of beta blockers	1.182	0.924–1.512	0.183
Use of VDRAs	0.708	0.529–0.949	0.021
Use of calcium carbonate	0.405	0.298–0.551	<0.001
Use of ESAs	0.657	0.482–0.896	0.008
Hemoglobin	0.883	0.818–0.953	0.001
Serum albumin	0.642	0.529–0.779	<0.001
BUN (/10 mg/dL)	1.041	1.004–1.080	0.032
eGFR	1.117	1.078–1.157	<0.001
Serum creatinine	0.868	0.826–0.912	<0.001
Serum phosphorus	0.927	0.865–0.993	0.032
PTH (/10 pg/mL)	0.994	0.988–0.999	0.034
CRP	1.036	1.017–1.056	<0.001
Duration of NC (/100 days)	0.989	0.978–1.001	0.066

BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CTR cardiothoracic rate, CVD cardiovascular disease, ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin-1 receptor blocker, VDRA vitamin D receptor activator, ESA erythropoiesis stimulating agent, BUN blood urea nitrogen, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, PTH parathyroid hormone, CRP C reactive protein, NC nephrologist care

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