Participant flow diagram and study selection process.

<p>Participant flow diagram and study selection process.</p

Calibration plot for new model.

<p>Result shows the consistency between predicted CV events by new model and observed CV events using a calibration plot. The dotted line indicates perfect fitting, and the solid line indicates the predicted probabilities.</p

Baseline characteristics of patients.

<p>Baseline characteristics of patients.</p

Comparison discrimination ability of new risk model with Framingham model by gender.

<p>Results described are c-statistics. (A) The comparison between the new model and Framingham model in men (n = 2,224). (B) The comparison in women (n = 1,372). Circles indicate the AUC of the new model, and triangles indicate that of the FRS model.</p

Adjusted odds ratios for association between predictors of incidences of composite cardiovascular events (final step of predictor selection).

<p>Adjusted odds ratios for association between predictors of incidences of composite cardiovascular events (final step of predictor selection).</p

Association between dialysis session length and change in mental health or physical functioning at one year after study initiation.

<p>Association between dialysis session length and change in mental health or physical functioning at one year after study initiation.</p

Shorter dialysis session length was not associated with lower mental health and physical functioning in elderly hemodialysis patients: Results from the Japan Dialysis Outcome and Practice Patterns Study (J-DOPPS)

<div><p>Background</p><p>Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is often prioritized over long-term survival in elderly patients. Although a longer dialysis session length (DSL) has been shown to reduce mortality, its effects on improving the HRQOL are unknown.</p><p>Methods</p><p>Using data from the Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (J-DOPPS), patients aged ≥ 65 years on maintenance hemodialysis were enrolled. DSL was categorized as short (<210 minutes), medium (210–240 minutes), or long (>240 minutes). The primary outcomes were changes in mental health (ΔMH) and physical functioning (ΔPF) scores assessed using the Japanese version of SF-12, in one year. The differences in the ΔMH and ΔPF among the three groups were assessed via regression (beta) coefficients derived using a linear regression model.</p><p>Results</p><p>Of 1,187 patients at baseline, 319 (26.9%) had a short length, 686 (57.8%) a medium length, and 182 (15.3%) a long length. We assessed the ΔMH data from 793 patients and the ΔPF data from 738. No significant differences in the ΔMH were noted for the short or long groups compared with the medium group (score difference: 0.26, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -4.17 to 4.69 for short; score difference: -1.15, 95% CI: -6.17 to 3.86 for long). Similarly, no significant differences were noted for these groups versus the medium group in ΔPF either (score difference: -1.43, 95% CI: -6.73 to 3.87 for short; score difference: -1.71, 95% CI: -7.63 to 4.22 for long).</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>A shorter DSL might have no adverse effects on MH or PF for elderly patients.</p></div

Additional file 2: Figure S2. of Computed tomography during initial management and mortality among hemodynamically unstable blunt trauma patients: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

The distribution of propensity scores of the CT group and No CT group. The sufficient overlap in propensity scores indicates that there were no significant differences between the two groups. (TIF 7131 kb

Multiple imputation using predictive mean matching (pmm) for censoring during study follow-up.

<p>Multiple imputation using predictive mean matching (pmm) for censoring during study follow-up.</p

Participant flow diagram and the study selection process.

<p>Participant flow diagram and the study selection process.</p