Objective    To determine risk factors for heart failure in hemodialysis patients.     Methods    The relationship of heart failure with 22 parameters including sex

age

base disorders of kidney failure in 145 patients undergoing hemodialysis were analyzed by conditional logistic regression.     Results    Single parameter analysis indicated that heart failure was related with age

diabetic kidney disorder

hypertension-related kidney damage

time period of hemodialysis

dose of EPO usage per week

the ratio of KT/V

blood pressure

low Hb

low albumin

high level of SCR

body weight change

size of arteriovenous fistula

as well as other cardiac disorders. The parameters analyzed by multiparameter logistic regression included age

diabetic kidney disorder

hypertension-related kidney damage

the ratio of KT/V

blood pressure

low Hb

low albumin

body weight change

size of arteriovenous fistula

infection

as well as other cardiac disorders.     Conclusion    Age

the diseases causing kidney failure

insufficient hemodialysis

blood pressure

low Hb

low albumin

body weight change

infection

size of arteriovenous fistula and other cardiac disorders are risk factors for heart failure in maintenance hemodialysis patients.