Research Article

Urinary Sodium Concentration Is an Independent Predictor of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in a Type 2 Diabetes Cohort Population

Table 3

Cox proportional hazards models for the risk of all-cause death.

UnivariateP valueModel AP value
Crude
hazard ratio (95% CI)
Adjusted
hazard ratio (95% CI)

0.71 (0.64 to 0.79)<0.0010.73 (0.63 to 0.85)<0.001
U : 0.61 (0.54 to 0.70)<0.0010.99 (0.84 to 1.16)0.86

Hazard ratios were standardized by calculating them for 1-SD increment of each continuous variable.
Model A = , , U : , age, sex and estimated 24 h-Na excretion.