Impact of anxiety symptoms on dialysis adherence and complication rates: A longitudinal observational study

Table 3 Complication rates in patients with and without clinically significant anxiety

Complication	Clinically significant anxiety	No clinically significant anxiety	HR (95%CI)	P value
Overall complications	0.89 per patient-year	0.53 per patient-year	1.68 (1.32-2.14)	< 0.001
Infections	0.42 per patient-year	0.23 per patient-year	1.89 (1.41-2.53)	< 0.001
Cardiovascular events	0.31 per patient-year	0.20 per patient-year	1.57 (1.18-2.09)	0.002
Hospitalization	0.89 per patient-year	0.63 per patient-year	1.45 (1.15-1.83)	0.002

HR: Hazard ratio; CI: Confidence interval.