Asymptomatic peripheral artery disease and mortality in patients on hemodialysis

Table 3 Multivariate cox proportional hazards regression analysis for mortality

Parameter	Hazard ratio (95% CI)		P value
Model 1^a
Non-PAD	Reference
Total PAD (vs. non-PAD)	2.796	(1.654 to 4.730)	< 0.001
Asymptomatic PAD (vs. non-PAD)	2.323	(1.257 to 4.183)	0.008
Symptomatic PAD (vs. non-PAD)	4.159	(1.970 to 8.179)	< 0.001
Asymptomatic PAD vs. Symptomatic PAD	0.558	(0.264 to 1.234)	0.145
Model 2^b
Non-PAD	Reference
Total PAD (vs. non-PAD)	2.273	(1.262 to 4.110)	0.006
Asymptomatic PAD (vs. non-PAD)	1.963	(1.012 to 3.740)	0.046
Symptomatic PAD (vs. non-PAD)	3.237	(1.402 to 7.020)	0.007
Asymptomatic PAD vs. Symptomatic PAD	0.606	(0.273 to 1.407)	0.236

Analyses were performed using cox proportional hazards regression
PAD peripheral artery disease, CI confidence interval
^aAdjusted by age, sex, and body mass index
^bAdjustment by age, cause of end-stage renal disease, cerebrovascular disease, creatinine, and geriatric nutritional risk index

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