Usefulness of Change in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate as a Predicting Factor of Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 3

Exploration of risk factors for dialysis initiation by Cox regression model.

Variable	Estimate	Prob-ChiSq	Hazard ratio	95% confidence interval
Male	1.1534	0.1095	3.169	0.772–13.01
Age	−0.0003	0.9921	1.000	0.944–1.058
eGFR	−0.4029	0.0001	0.668	0.545–0.820
ΔeGFR	−2.8075	<0.0001	0.060	0.018–0.202
Albumin	0.7558	0.3236	2.129	0.475–9.550
Uric acid	−0.0990	0.5902	0.906	0.632–1.299
Urinary protein	0.3864	0.0092	1.472	1.100–1.969
Inorganic phosphate	0.6224	0.1479	1.863	0.802–4.329
Total cholesterol	−0.0181	0.0234	0.982	0.967–0.998
Hemoglobin	−0.1055	0.6424	0.900	0.576–1.405
Diabetes	−0.8858	0.2171	0.412	0.101–1.683

eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate.