Lack of Influence of Serum Magnesium Levels on Overall Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 4

Independent predictors of fatal and non fatal cardiovascular events. Univariate Cox analysis.

	HR	95% CI	P
Age (years)	1.03	0.99–1.08	n.s
Diabetes (yes/no)	10.05	2.1–46.9	0.003
Cardiopathy (yes/no)	3.7	1.05–13.4	0.04
Peripheral vasc. dis. (yes/no)	9.7	2.5–37.4	0.001
Mg (mg/dL)	0.4	0.08–2.5	n.s.
Calcium (mg/dL)	0.8	0.31–2.16	n.s.
Phosphate (mg/dL)	1.26	0.72–2.2	n.s.
PTH (pg/mL)	1.001	0.99–1.002	n.s.
25 OH vitamin D (ng/mL)	0.76	0.22–2.6	n.s.
Albumin (g/dL)	0.12	0.04–0.39	0.001
Transferrin (mg/dL)	0.98	0.97–0.99	0.03
Proteinuria (g/24 h)	1.17	0.99–1.01	0.06
CrC (mL/min)	0.92	0.85–1.008	n.s.
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.79	0.53–1.19	n.s.
CRP (mg/L)	1.03	0.97–1.09	n.s.