| Year | No. of patients | Reason for admission; rate per person-year (95% CI) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Infection | Cardiovascular disease | ||||||||
| Unadjusted | Age–sex adjusted† | Adjusted for time on dialysis‡ | Unadjusted | Age–sex adjusted† | Adjusted for time on dialysis‡ | Unadjusted | Age–sex adjusted† | Adjusted for time on dialysis‡ | ||
| 2001 | 4232 | 1.53 (1.35–1.74) | 1.54 (1.45–1.62) | 1.52 (1.34–1.71) | 0.20 (0.19–0.22) | 0.20 (0.18–0.22) | 0.20 (0.19–0.22) | 0.45 (0.40–0.51) | 0.45 (0.41–0.51) | 0.45 (0.40–0.50) |
| 2002 | 4383 | 1.42 (1.28–1.57) | 1.42 (1.35–1.50) | 1.41 (1.27–1.57) | 0.20 (0.19–0.20) | 0.20 (0.19–0.21) | 0.20 (0.19–0.21) | 0.41 (0.37–0.44) | 0.41 (0.36–0.46) | 0.40 (0.37–0.44) |
| 2003 | 4492 | 1.38 (1.24–1.54) | 1.38 (1.32–1.45) | 1.38 (1.21–1.57) | 0.19 (0.17–0.22) | 0.19 (0.17–0.21) | 0.19 (0.17–0.22) | 0.38 (0.36–0.41) | 0.38 (0.33–0.45) | 0.38 (0.35–0.42) |
| 2004 | 4570 | 1.38 (1.24–1.55) | 1.38 (1.34–1.43) | 1.39 (1.21–1.59) | 0.21 (0.20–0.23) | 0.21 (0.20–0.23) | 0.21 (0.19–0.23) | 0.39 (0.34–0.44) | 0.39 (0.36–0.42) | 0.39 (0.34–0.45) |
| 2005 | 4753 | 1.32 (1.18–1.47) | 1.32 (1.26–1.38) | 1.32 (115–1.52) | 0.21 (0.20–0.22) | 0.21 (0.20–0.22) | 0.21 (0.20–0.22) | 0.35 (0.32–0.38) | 0.35 (0.32–0.39) | 0.35 (0.32–0.38) |
| 2006 | 4921 | 1.29 (1.15–1.46) | 1.30 (1.24–1.35) | 1.31 (1.10–1.56) | 0.20 (0.19–0.21) | 0.20 (0.18–0.23) | 0.20 (0.19–0.21) | 0.29 (0.26–0.31) | 0.29 (0.25–0.33) | 0.29 (0.26–0.32) |
| 2007 | 4822 | 1.18 (1.06–1.31) | 1.18 (1.10–1.27) | 1.19 (1.02–1.40) | 0.19 (0.17–0.20) | 0.19 (0.17–0.21) | 0.19 (0.17–0.20) | 0.24 (0.22–0.26) | 0.24 (0.21–0.28) | 0.24 (0.22–0.27) |
| Mantel–Haenszel trend | p < 0.001 | p = 0.7 | p < 0.001 | |||||||
Note: CI = confidence interval. *Calculated as no. of days from dialysis initiation to the end of follow up for all patients divided by 365.25 days. †Adjusted for age and sex considering the whole cohort distribution as the reference population (direct standardization). ‡Adjusted for time on dialysis considering the whole cohort distribution as the reference population (direct standardization).