Balance check after

## Balance Measures
##                      Type M.0.Adj SD.0.Adj M.1.Adj SD.1.Adj Diff.Adj
## Age               Contin. 70.4217  12.3737 70.9962  12.0758   0.0468
## Race_Group_White   Binary  0.6438        .  0.6491        .   0.0053
## Race_Group_Black   Binary  0.1161        .  0.1895        .   0.0735
## Race_Group_Others  Binary  0.2401        .  0.1614        .  -0.0788
## Gender_Male        Binary  0.5576        .  0.6237        .   0.0662
## HTN_Y              Binary  0.9789        .  0.9868        .   0.0079
## DM_Y               Binary  0.7095        .  0.8442        .   0.1347
## HF_score_Total    Contin. 41.4785   7.2274 42.3065   8.2521   0.1079
## Dialysis_Vintage  Contin.  2.5484   2.0015  2.0364   2.2309  -0.2310
## Access_type_AVF    Binary  0.5922        .  0.5072        .  -0.0849
## Access_type_AVG    Binary  0.1467        .  0.0309        .  -0.1158
## Access_type_TDC    Binary  0.2611        .  0.4618        .   0.2008
## Location_HH        Binary  0.3033        .  0.2413        .  -0.0620
## UF_rate           Contin.  8.2732   3.0390  9.5270   4.3395   0.3395
## 
## Effective sample sizes
##                 1      2
## Unadjusted 134.   234.  
## Adjusted   121.75 213.43

Table 1

Univariate negative‐binomial regression outcome los

Univariate negative‐binomial regression for LOS
Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time 1,085


    1

    2
0.85 0.76, 0.95 0.004
Age 1,085 1.00 1.00, 1.00 0.965
Gender 1,085


    Female

    Male
0.93 0.84, 1.02 0.138
Race_Group 1,085


    White

    Black
0.78 0.68, 0.89 <0.001
    Others
0.89 0.79, 1.02 0.087
UF_rate 1,085 0.96 0.95, 0.97 <0.001
Dialysis_Vintage 1,085 0.96 0.94, 0.98 <0.001
HF_score_Total 1,085 1.02 1.01, 1.02 <0.001
Access_type 1,085


    AVF

    AVG
1.08 0.88, 1.33 0.460
    TDC
1.56 1.42, 1.72 <0.001
weight.ATE.trunc 1,085 0.99 0.95, 1.03 0.659
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

Multivariate negative‐binomial regression los: age gender race

Multivariable NB regression for LOS
Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.86 0.77, 0.96 0.007
Age 1,085 1.00 0.99, 1.00 0.360
Gender



    Female 426
    Male 659 0.94 0.85, 1.04 0.239
Race_Group



    White 702
    Black 185 0.77 0.67, 0.89 <0.001
    Others 196 0.88 0.78, 1.01 0.057
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

Multivariate negative‐binomial regression los : time+Gender+Race_Group+Dialysis_Vintage+HF_score_Total

Multivariable NB regression for LOS
Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.85 0.76, 0.95 0.004
Gender



    Female 426
    Male 659 0.90 0.81, 0.99 0.028
Race_Group



    White 702
    Black 185 0.85 0.75, 0.97 0.016
    Others 196 0.95 0.84, 1.08 0.440
Dialysis_Vintage 1,085 0.98 0.96, 1.01 0.160
HF_score_Total 1,085 1.01 1.01, 1.02 <0.001
UF_rate 1,085 0.97 0.96, 0.98 <0.001
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

90 days poisson regression: time

Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.84 0.69, 1.02 0.074
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

90 days poisson regression: time Age Gender Race_Group

Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.81 0.67, 0.99 0.039
Age 1,085 0.99 0.98, 1.00 0.021
Gender



    Female 426
    Male 659 1.33 1.10, 1.61 0.003
Race_Group



    White 702
    Black 185 1.06 0.83, 1.33 0.653
    Others 196 0.85 0.66, 1.09 0.213
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

90 days poisson regression: time+Gender+Race_Group+Dialysis_Vintage+HF_score_Total+UF_rate

Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.83 0.68, 1.02 0.078
Gender



    Female 426
    Male 659 1.39 1.15, 1.69 <0.001
Race_Group



    White 702
    Black 185 1.04 0.82, 1.31 0.714
    Others 196 0.85 0.65, 1.08 0.197
Dialysis_Vintage 1,085 1.02 0.98, 1.06 0.210
HF_score_Total 1,085 0.98 0.97, 0.99 <0.001
UF_rate 1,085 1.00 0.98, 1.02 0.880
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

180 days poisson regression: time

Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.76 0.65, 0.89 <0.001
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

180 days poisson regression: Age Gender Race_Group

Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.75 0.65, 0.88 <0.001
Age 1,085 0.99 0.98, 0.99 <0.001
Gender



    Female 426
    Male 659 1.28 1.10, 1.49 0.001
Race_Group



    White 702
    Black 185 0.84 0.69, 1.03 0.096
    Others 196 0.90 0.74, 1.09 0.286
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

180 days poisson regression: time+Gender+Race_Group+Dialysis_Vintage+HF_score_Total+UF_rate

Characteristic N IRR1 95% CI1 p-value
time



    1 268
    2 816 0.75 0.64, 0.88 <0.001
Gender



    Female 426
    Male 659 1.34 1.15, 1.56 <0.001
Race_Group



    White 702
    Black 185 0.90 0.74, 1.10 0.314
    Others 196 0.90 0.74, 1.09 0.277
Dialysis_Vintage 1,085 1.00 0.97, 1.04 0.804
HF_score_Total 1,085 0.98 0.98, 0.99 0.001
UF_rate 1,085 1.01 0.99, 1.03 0.493
1 IRR = Incidence Rate Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

Univariate coxph decongestion_time_days

Characteristic N HR1 95% CI1 p-value
time 1,085


    1

    2
1.13 0.91, 1.41 0.276
Age 1,085 1.00 0.99, 1.01 0.844
Gender 1,085


    Female

    Male
1.00 0.80, 1.24 0.985
Race_Group 1,085


    White

    Black
1.35 1.01, 1.81 0.044
    Others
1.20 0.91, 1.57 0.199
Dialysis_Vintage 1,085 1.00 0.96, 1.04 0.947
HF_score_Total 1,085 1.01 1.00, 1.02 0.155
Access_type 1,085


    AVF

    AVG
0.82 0.57, 1.18 0.290
    TDC
0.76 0.61, 0.97 0.024
UF_rate 1,085 1.05 1.02, 1.08 0.001
weight.ATE.trunc 1,085 1.01 0.92, 1.10 0.865
1 HR = Hazard Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

coxph decongestion_time_days : age gender race

Characteristic HR1 95% CI1 p-value
time


    1
    2 1.15 0.92, 1.43 0.218
Age 1.00 0.99, 1.01 0.750
Gender


    Female
    Male 0.99 0.79, 1.23 0.895
Race_Group


    White
    Black 1.38 1.03, 1.84 0.029
    Others 1.23 0.93, 1.62 0.154
1 HR = Hazard Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

coxph decongestion_time_days :time+Gender+Race_Group+Dialysis_Vintage+HF_score_Total+UF_rate

Characteristic HR1 95% CI1 p-value
time


    1
    2 1.05 0.85, 1.30 0.641
Gender


    Female
    Male 1.01 0.81, 1.27 0.904
Race_Group


    White
    Black 1.41 1.07, 1.86 0.014
    Others 1.09 0.81, 1.47 0.558
Dialysis_Vintage 0.99 0.95, 1.02 0.504
HF_score_Total 1.02 1.00, 1.03 0.006
UF_rate 1.06 1.02, 1.09 <0.001
1 HR = Hazard Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval

decongestion_time_days,n_90,n_180,los

1
(N=134)
2
(N=234)
Overall
(N=368)
decongestion_time_days
Mean (SD) 4.76 (4.75) 4.20 (3.62) 4.40 (4.07)
Median [Q1,Q3] 3.00 [2.00,5.00] 3.00 [2.00,5.00] 3.00 [2.00,5.00]
n_90
Mean (SD) 0.530 (0.829) 0.453 (0.712) 0.481 (0.756)
Median [Q1,Q3] 0 [0,1.00] 0 [0,1.00] 0 [0,1.00]
n_180
Mean (SD) 0.910 (1.14) 0.701 (0.956) 0.777 (1.03)
Median [Q1,Q3] 1.00 [0,1.00] 0 [0,1.00] 1.00 [0,1.00]
LOS
Mean (SD) 10.2 (10.6) 8.42 (8.37) 9.08 (9.29)
Median [Q1,Q3] 6.00 [4.00,12.0] 6.00 [3.00,11.0] 6.00 [3.00,11.0]