Research Article
Bacteremia and Mortality among Patients with Nontunneled and Tunneled Catheters for Hemodialysis
Table 4
Cox proportional hazards regression model for 90-day survival.
| | Unadjusted | Adjusted | HR | 95% CI | value | HR | 95% CI | value |
| Age (each year) | 1.03 | 1.02–1.05 | <0.001 | 1.04 | 1.02–1.05 | <0.001 | DM | 1.33 | 0.90–1.96 | 0.146 | 1.23 | 0.83–1.85 | 0.296 | Nontunneled catheter | 3.79 | 2.29–6.01 | <0.001 | 4.64 | 2.76–7.80 | <0.001 | JIV versus FV | 1.20 | 0.79–1.84 | 0.393 | 1.46 | 0.95–2.26 | 0.085 | JIV versus SCV | 0.78 | 0.48–1.25 | 0.299 | 1.57 | 0.93–2.67 | 0.093 | Hb (every 1 g/dL) | 0.96 | 0.87–1.05 | 0.357 | 0.90 | 0.99–1.17 | 0.029 | Albumin (every 1 g/dL) | 0.47 | 0.36–0.62 | <0.001 | 0.51 | 0.37–0.70 | <0.001 | Kt/V (every 1 unit) | 1.00 | 0.59–1.70 | 0.988 | 0.62 | 0.37–1.04 | 0.069 |
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HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; DM: diabetes mellitus; JIV: jugular internal vein; FV: femoral vein; SCV: subclavian vein; Hb: hemoglobin.
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