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Table 3 Estimated treatment effects on mean survival and CVD-free time and HRs by treatment group for all approaches: LAC-IPWRA and adjusted HRs by Weibull regression with PS adjustment

From: Effectiveness of phosphate binders on mortality and cardiovascular disease in end-stage renal disease patients with hyperphosphatemia: a multicenter real-world cohort study

Treatments

OS

Time to CVD

Mean OS (LAC-IPWRA)

Adjusted HR (Conventional PS)

Mean CVD-free time (LAC-IPWRA)

Adjusted HR (Conventional PS)

ITT approach

 No-PBs

11.17 (9.57, 12.76)

1 (ref)

8.54 (7.28, 13.43)

1 (ref)

 CBPBs

11.45 (10.03, 12.87)

0.96 (0.77, 0.99)

13.76 (10.93, 16.48)

0.95 (0.86, 1.05)

 NCBPBs

28.24 (-22.58, 79.06)

0.87 (0.69, 1.30)

22.74 (-24.57, 99.04)

0.68 (0.45, 1.03)

 Aluminum hydroxide

7.26 (3.33, 11.18)

1.08 (0.80, 1.45)

47.65 (-41.55, 136.85)

0.99 (0.67, 1.45)

PPA approach

 No-PBs

10.13 (9.14, 11.07)

1 (ref)

8.57 (7.89, 9.25)

1 (ref)

 CBPBs

10.68 (8.98, 11.59)

0.90 (0.87, 1.08)

9.09 (7.75, 12.21)

0.97 (0.87, 1.08)

 NCBPBs

12.38 (-27.21, 45.22)

0.86 (0.54, 1.46)

17.69 (-22.27, 79.65)

0.68 (0.36, 1.27)

 Aluminum hydroxide

excluded

excluded

excluded

excluded

Actual treatment-patterns approach

 No-PBs

10.42 (9.94, 11.20)

1 (ref)

8.19 (5.67, 8.97)

1 (ref)

 CBPBs-CBPBs

10.86 (8.46, 11.96)

0.91 (0.79, 1.01)

9.84 (6.18, 12.36)

0.84 (0.56, 1.08)

 CBPBs-NCBPBs

13.49 (10.03, 16.93)

0.77 (0.58, 1.16)

11.27 (6.83, 15.91)

0.77 (0.45, 1.06)

 CBPBs-Aluminum

11.01 (7.54, 14.48)

0.92 (0.70, 1.32)

75.96 (-50.61, 184.53)

1.39 (0.85, 2.25)

  1. Abbreviations: CBPBs; Calcium-based phosphate binders, CVD; Cardiovascular disease, HR; Hazard ratio, ITT; Intention to treat, LAC-IPWRA; Likelihood-adjusted-censoring inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment, NCBPBs; Non-calcium-based phosphate binders i.e., lanthanum or sevelamer, OS; Overall survival outcome, PBs; Phosphate binders, PPA; Per-protocol analysis, PS; Propensity score, Ref; Reference