Albuminuria as a marker of arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease patients

Table 3 Univariate linear regression analysis of the parameters associated with the absolute values of pulse wave velocity

Covariates	β	t	β(95%CI)	P value
Alb	0.841	2.271	0.107-1.574	< 0.025
Age	0.026	2.047	0.001-0.051	< 0.043
BMI	0.009	0.880	0.011-0.028	0.381
pSBP	0.032	2.511	0.007-0.058	< 0.013
pDBP	0.005	0.285	-0.032-0.042	< 0.776
pPP	0.029	2.277	0.004-0.053	< 0.025
cSBP	0.031	2.298	0.004-0.508	< 0.024
cDBP	-0.004	-0.173	-0.045-0.038	0.963
cPP	0.014	1.257	0.008-0.037	0.212
Ht	0.103	2.077	0.005-0.202	0.040
Hb	0.227	1.812	0.020-0.476	0.070
T-CHOL	0.021	0.456	-0.011-0.007	0.649
TRG	0.002	0.752	0.009-0.004	0.454
HDL-C	-0.006	-0.417	-0.033-0.022	0.677
LDL-C	0.023	0.445	0.013-0.477	0.674
Fbrinogen	0.0001	0.524	-0.004-0.002	0.602
hsCRP	-0.011	0.046	-0.442-0.422	0.964
RAAS-blocker	0.081	-0.103	-1.650-1.487	0.918

Alb: Albumin; BMI: Body mass index; pSBP: Peripheral systolic blood pressure; pDBP: Peripheral diastolic blood pressure; pPP: Peripheral pulse pressure; cSBP: Central systolic blood pressure; cDBP: Central diastolic blood pressure; cPP: Central pulse pressure; Ht: Haematocrit; Hb: Haemoglobin; T-CHOL: Total cholesterol; TRG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; RAAS-blocker: Renin angiotensin aldosterone system blocker; LDL-C: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; hsCRP: HsC-reactive protein.