Pretransplant dialysis treatment and vascular calcification of the iliac artery and abdominal aorta in kidney transplant patients

Table 2 Association of pretransplant treatment modality and graft survival to the doubling of creatinine (N=100).

	PEKT	HD	PD
Unadjusted: HR (95% CI)	1.00 (reference)	2.27 (0.44–41.6)	1.77 (0.23–35.9)
Demographic adjusted: HR (95% CI)^a	1.00 (reference)	1.94 (0.36–35.9)	1.71 (0.22–34.7)
Multivariable adjusted: HR (95% CI)^b	1.00 (reference)	3.50 (0.49–74.1)	3.31 (0.25–88.6)

HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, HD hemodialysis, PD peritoneal dialysis, PEKT pre-emptive kidney transplantation
^aAdjusted for age and gender
^bAdjusted for demographic variables and body mass index, donor-specific antigen, ABO incompatible, rejection after transplantation, aortic calcification index, and iliac arteries calcification thickness

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