Table 4 Cox proportional hazards analysis focusing on the echocardiographic changes during hemodialysis therapy for all cause of death (simple analysis)
From: Associations between pulmonary congestion on chest ultrasound and survival in hemodialysis patients
At the start | At the middle | At the end | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hazard ratio | P value | Hazard ratio | P value | Hazard ratio | P value | |
(95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||||
E (per cm/s) | 0.99 (0.98–1.01) | 0.491 | 0.99 (0.97–1.02) | 0.648 | 0.99 (0.97–1.02) | 0.594 |
A (per cm/s)* | 1.00 (0.98–1.01) | 0.73 | 1.01 (0.99–1.02) | 0.374 | 1.01 (0.99–1.02) | 0.339 |
IVC-ex (per mm) | 1.02 (0.92–1.13) | 0.688 | 1.02 (0.91–1.14) | 0.718 | 0.99 (0.87–1.11) | 0.834 |
IVC-in (per mm) | 1.02 (0.93–1.11) | 0.727 | 1.06 (0.93–1.21) | 0.39 | 0.96 (0.82–1.11) | 0.63 |
IVC collapsibility (per %) | 0.99 (0.97–1.01) | 0.575 | 0.99 (0.96–1.01) | 0.186 | 1.01 (0.99–1.03) | 0.573 |
B-lines (per number) | 1.20 (1.09–1.32) | 0.0002 | 1.17 (1.07–1.28) | 0.0008 | 1.23 (1.12–1.37) | 0.0001 |