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Table 4 Predictors for Cardiovascular events according to Cox’s proportional hazard analysis

From: Effects of statin therapy on chronic kidney disease patients with coronary artery disease

Variables

 

Unadjusted

  

Adjusted

 

HR

95% CI

P

HR

95% CI

P

CKD versus CKD + CAD

0.5

(0.27–0.68)

< 0.001

0.46

(0.25–0.59)

< 0.001

Age (years)

1.32

(1.21–1.93)

< 0.001

1.1

(0.95–1.04)

0.078

Male (versus female)

0.76

(0.57–1.15)

0.545

 

 

Hypertension

1.61

(1.21–2.01)

< 0.01

1.16

(0.95–1.67)

0.071

Diabetes mellitus

1.24

(0.87–1.72)

0.291

 

 

Smoking

1.43

(1.33–1.81)

< 0.01

1.41

(1.09–2.11)

0.009

Myocardial infarction

1.18

(1.06–1.89)

0.048

1.03

(0.91–1.35)

0.121

Angina pectoris

1.07

(0.67–1.46)

0.32

 

 

Stroke

1.53

(0.97–3.16)

0.221

 

 

Calcium-channel blocker

1.27

(0.76–1.50)

0.322

 

 

ACEI

0.97

(0.85–1.30)

0.976

 

 

ARB

0.89

(0.63–1.28)

0.514

 

 

β-blocker

1.42

(1.12–1.89)

< 0.01

1.11

(0.72–1.61)

0.55

Loop diuretic

1.09

(0.61–1.76)

0.488

 

 

Aspirin

1.98

(1.56–3.97)

< 0.01

1.32

(0.68–1.99)

0.601

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.12

(0.72–1.81)

0.78

 

 

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.07

(0.87–1.75)

0.64

 

 

LDL-C (mmol/l)

1.12

(1.07–1.62)

< 0.001

1.05

(1.01–1.25)

0.011

HDL-C (mmol/l)

0.69

(0.46–1.21)

0.222

 

 

Glucose (mmol/l)

1.23

(0.96–1.91)

0.52

 

 

HbA1c (%)

0.96

(0.68–1.69)

0.771

 

 

SBP (mmHg)

0.97

(0.90–1.18)

0.078

 

 

DBP (mmHg)

1.08

(0.97–1.39)

0.56

 

 

Long-term statins

0.22

(0.19–0.57)

< 0.001

0.27

(0.21–0.41)

< 0.001

  1. CAD coronary artery disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, ACEI angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ARB angiotensin-receptor blocker, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol