Erythropoietin Dose and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients: Marginal Structural Model to Examine Causality

Table 3

Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for mortality by weekly epoetin- doses in overall patient cohort.

Epoetin- (U/wk)	All-cause	Cardiovascular	Infectious
<6 000	Reference	Reference	Reference
6 000 to <12 000	1.02 (0.94–1.10)	1.13 (1.05–1.23)	1.12 (1.00–1.25)
12 000 to <18 000	1.08 (1.00–1.18)	1.21 (1.10–1.32)	1.11 (0.98–1.26)
18 000 to <24 000	1.17 (1.06–1.28)	1.23 (1.12–1.36)	1.14 (1.00–1.30)
24 000 to <30 000	1.27 (1.15–1.41)	1.35 (1.22–1.50)	1.13 (0.99–1.29)
≥30 000	1.52 (1.37–1.69)	1.44 (1.29–1.59)	1.28 (1.11–1.48)

Note: bold font indicates statistically significant odds ratios.