Table S1. Logistic regression analysis for the variables associated with the degree of change in cTnT between 2 time points (n=89) UnivariateMultivariate VariablesβOR95%CIPβOR95%CIP Male sex Age Diabetes History of cardiovascular disease Smoking ESA duration CRP ΔLVMI Δ hemoglobin Δ Albumin Δ Phosphate Δ Systolic BP Δ Diastolic BP Δ, Degree of the change in variables between two time points. Abbreviations: ESA, erythropoiesis stimulating agents; CRP, C-reactive protein; LVMI, left ventricular mass Index; BP, blood pressure

All-cause mortality Cardiovascular mortality HR95%CIPHR95%CIP Univariate analysis Ln BNP Multivariate analysis Model Model Model Model 1: adjusted for age, gender, diabetes, history of cardiovascular diseases, smoking Model 2: Model 1 + albumin, C-reactive protein Model 3: Model 2 + EF, LVMI Abbreviations: HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; EF, ejection fraction; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; ln. natural logarithm Table S2. Univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models

Overall survival Cardiovascular death-free survival 1 st tertile2 nd tertile rd tertile st tertile 2 nd tertile 3 rd tertile 1 st tertile2 nd tertile rd tertile Months on renal replacement therapy Probability of survival 1 st tertile 2 nd tertile 3 rd tertile

Supplementary Files Figure S1. Unadjusted Kaplan-Meier curves for overall and cardiovascular death-free survival according to BNP measured at dialysis initiation in the overall patient population (n = 248). Abbreviation: BNP, brain natriuretic peptide