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Table 2 Predictors for first ULT dispensation within 365 days after diagnosis

From: Factors associated with initiation and persistence of urate-lowering therapy

  

Predictors for ULT dispensation within 365 days (COX)

% with event

Univariate hazard ratio 95% CI

Multivariate* hazard ratio 95% CI (with eGFR)

Multivariate** hazard ratio 95% CI (with renal disease)

Male (ref)

30.33

   

Female

26.39

0.87 (0.79–0.95)

0.87 (0.79–0.97)

0.86(0.78–0 .94)

Age, years

 20–49 (ref)

22.84

   

 50–59

23.21

1.03 (0.87–1.22)

0.90 (0.72–1.12)

0.96 (0.81–1.14)

 60–69

30.14

1.38 (1.19–1.59)

0.90 (0.74–1.10)

1.15 (0.99–1.34)

 70–79

34.19

1.61 (1.40–1.86)

0.82 (0.67–1.00)

1.25 (1.07–1.46)

 80–

30.74

1.46 (1.26–1.69)

0.57 (0.46–0.71)

1.03 (0.87–1.21)

Level of education

 ≤9 years (ref)

31.10

   

 10–12 years

28.78

0.92(0.83–1.31)

  

 >12 years

26.32

0.83(0.73–0.93)

  

MCCI

 0 (ref)

23.53

   

 1–2

34.20

1.57 (1.44–1.72)

1.29 (1.15–1.45)

1.45 (1.31–1.60)

 >2

38.79

1.91 (1.69–2.15)

1.43 (1.23–1.66)

1.73 (1.51–1.99)

Renal disease

0 (ref)

27.48

   

1

40.75

1.67 (1.50–1.87)

 

1.47 (1.31–1.64)

eGFR >60 mL/min/1.73 m2 “normal kidney function” (ref)

26.56

   

eGFR 60–31 mL/min/1.73 m2 “reduced kidney function”

44.33

1.91 (1.73–2.11)

2.11 (1.88–2.37)

 

eGFR 30–10 mL/min/1.73 m2 severely reduced kidney function”

44.71

2.01 (1.67–2.41)

2.31 (1.90–2.82)

 

eGFR <10 mL/min/1.73 m2 “end-stage kidney failure”

30.77

1.14 (0.43–3.04)

1.17 (0.44–3.12)

 

2011, ref

    

2012

 

1.10 (0.99–1.21)

  

2013

 

1.02 (0.92–1.13)

  
  1. ULT urate-lowering treatment, CI confidence interval, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, MCCI metabolic cardiovascular comorbidity index
  2. *Adjusted for sex, age, comorbidities and eGFR
  3. **Adjusted for sex, age, comorbidities and renal disease defined by ICD 10 coding