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Table 3 Cox proportional hazards analysis of the covariates for all cause of death (simple analysis)

From: Associations between pulmonary congestion on chest ultrasound and survival in hemodialysis patients

 

Hazard ratio

(95% CI)

P value

Age (per year)

1.08 (1.03–1.14)

< 0.001

HD duration (per year)

1.00 (0.94–1.05)

0.9452

Albumin (per g/dL)

0.14 (0.06–0.33)

< 0.0001

Urea nitrogen (per mg/dL)

0.98 (0.96–1.01)

0.134

Creatinine (per mg/dL)

0.72 (0.59–0.86)

< 0.001

Sodium (per mEq/L)

0.98 (0.88–1.10)

0.727

C-reactive protein (per mg/dL)

1.06 (0.82–1.25)

0.583

Hemoglobin (per g/dL)

0.83 (0.57–1.18)

0.302

Ln[NT-proBNP]

1.72 (1.10–2.94)

0.014

Body weight (per kg)

0.95 (0.91–0.99)

0.019

Systolic blood pressure (per mmHg)

1.00 (0.98–1.01)

0.771

Diastolic blood pressure (per mmHg)

0.98 (0.96–1.01)

0.276

Heart rate (per beat/min)

1.00 (0.97–1.04)

0.815

LVDd (per mm)

0.96 (0.90–1.02)

0.215

LVDs (per mm)

1.01 (0.94–1.07)

0.794

LVEF (per %)

0.97 (0.94–1.01)

0.151

Maximum WT (per mm)

0.86 (0.67–1.09)

0.208

UFR (per kg/h)

0.07 (0.01–0.43)

0.004

UFR/BW (per 1/h)

0.35 (0.14–0.96)

0.042

ΔB-lines/pre B-lines

0.13 (0.03–0.78)

0.027

  1. LVDd left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVDs left ventricular end-systolic dimension, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, WT wall thickness, UFR ultrafiltration rate, BW body weight