Survey of Torus Palatinus in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis

Table 4

Predictors for TP in hemodialysis patients (n = 322).

Univariate analysis				Multivariate analysis
Variable	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
Age	0.959	0.939 – 0.979	<0.001	0.960	0.939 – 0.982	<0.001
Female gender	2.155	1.339 – 3.469	0.002	2.305	1.374 – 3.867	0.002
Residual glomerular filtration rate	0.753	0.595 – 0.955	0.019	1.023	0.794 – 1.318	0.862
Phosphate	1.530	1.228 – 1.906	<0.001	1.411	1.110 – 1.794	0.005
Bicarbonate	0.833	0.750 – 0.926	0.001	0.887	0.791 – 0.994	0.040

CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio; TP: torus palatinus; P < .05, P < .01, and P < .001.