Table 3 Predictors for overall and cardiovascular mortality using Cox proportional hazards model.

From: Heart Rate Variability Change Before and After Hemodialysis is Associated with Overall and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hemodialysis

Outcomes

Multivariate

Hazard Ratios (95% CI)

p

Overall mortality

 Age (per 1 year)

1.070 (1.021–1.122)

0.004

 Albumin (per 1 g/dL)

0.088 (0.023–0.342)

<0.001

 Kt/V (per 1)

0.139 (0.021–0.911)

0.040

 Ultrafiltration (per 1%)

1.627 (1.147–2.308)

0.006

 ΔLF % (per 1 nu)

0.978 (0.961–0.996)

0.019

Cardiovascular mortality

 Diabetes mellitus

4.084 (1.132–14.730)

0.032

 Hemoglobin (per 1 g/dL)

0.410 (0.217–0.775)

0.006

 ΔLF % (per 1 nu)

0.941 (0.914–0.970)

<0.001

  1. Values expressed as Hazard Ratios and 95% confidence interval (CI). Abbreviations are the same as in Table 1.
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