Risk of mortality among hemodialysis patients according to serum albumin during maintenance dialysis

Odds ratio for death, adjusted for age, sex, race, and underlying disease, according to the plasma albumin concentration in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. The likelihood of dying was inversely related to the plasma albumin concentration, being greatest at a plasma albumin concentration below 3.0 g/dL (30 g/L). All values are signficantly different (p<0.001 to 0.03) from the odds ratio of 1.0 at a normal plasma albumin concentration of 4.0 to 4.4 g/dL (40 to 44 g/L).