Prognostic impact of KIHON checklist score in elderly patients with hemodialysis initiation

Table 4 Prognostic impact of KIHON checklist or revised Japanese version of the Cardiovascular Health Study criteria upon the primary endpoint in elderly hemodialysis initiation patients

	Hazard ratio	95% Confidence interval	p value	p by Likelihood ratio test	Concordance index
KCL score, per 1 point	1.24	1.01–1.53	0.042*	0.07	0.790
KCL higher, 10–25 points (vs 0–9 points)	6.41	1.14–36.0	0.035*	0.06	0.803
Activities of daily living, Q1–5, per 1 point	1.60	0.98–2.61	0.063	0.1	0.798
Physical strength, Q6–10, per 1 point	2.71	1.30–5.63	0.007*	0.02*	0.824
Nutrition, Q11,12, per 1 point	2.83	0.68–11.7	0.15	0.2	0.676
Oral function, Q13–15, per 1 point	1.18	0.29–4.83	0.82	0.5	0.651
Isolation, Q16,17, per 1 point	1.58	0.45–5.56	0.48	0.4	0.697
Memory, Q18–20, per 1 point	1.38	0.55–3.44	0.50	0.4	0.710
Mood, Q21–25, per 1 point	1.14	0.67–1.94	0.63	0.4	0.735
Diagnose of frailty by J-CHS criteria (vs robust and pre-frail)	0.62	0.12–3.07	0.56	0.4	0.685

*p < 0.05 by Cox proportional hazard model adjusted by age and sex
KCL, Kihon checklist; J-CHS, revised Japanese version of the Cardiovascular Health Study; Q, the question number of KIHON checklist

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