Low T3 syndrome and long-term mortality in chronic hemodialysis patients

Table 3 Demographic, clinical and laboratory significantly associated with survival in univariate Cox regression analyses

Variable	Spearman’s rho	P value
Age (yr)	0.345	< 0.001
Diabetes mellitus (yes/no)	0.199	0.050
Hemodialysis vintage (mo)	-0.435	0.017
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	-0.329	0.001
Hematocrit (%)	-0.270	0.007
Hypertension (yes/no)	0.275	0.006
Free T3 (pg/mL)	-0.257	0.011
Previous CVD events (yes/no)	0.305	0.002
hsCRP (mg/dL)	0.240	0.017
Creatinine (mg/dL)	-0.400	< 0.001

hsCRP: High sensitive C-reactive protein; freeT3: Free triiodothyronine; CVD: Cardiovascular disease.