The impact of dialysis therapy on older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease: a nationwide population-based study

Table 3 Significant risk factors for mortality among older patients with advanced chronic kidney disease

	Adjusted^a
Variables	Hazard ratio (95%CI)	Pvalue
Age, per year	1.07 (1.06 to 1.07)	<0.001
Male	1.11 (1.05 to 1.17)	<0.001
Charlson comorbidity index score, per 1 point	1.08 (1.07 to 1.10)	<0.001
Receiving chronic dialysis^b	1.39 (1.30 to 1.49)	<0.001
Dyslipidemia	0.86 (0.81 to 0.91)	<0.001
Parkinsonism	1.24 (1.13 to 1.37)	<0.001
Calcium channel blocker use	0.88 (0.83 to 0.93)	<0.001
Diuretic use	1.14 (1.07 to 1.20)	<0.001
Dipyridamole use	0.93 (0.88 to 0.99)	0.019
Steroid use	1.11 (1.01 to 1.21)	0.034

^aAdjusted for all ovariates in Table 1. ^bChronic dialysis was calculated as a discrete time-dependent covariate. CI, confidence interval.

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