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

Table 5 Univariate linear regression analysis of the parameters associated with absolute values of Alx

Covariates	β	t	β(95%CI)	P value
UAlb	6.201	2.977	2.065-10.337	< 0.004
Age	0.236	3.427	0.099-0.373	< 0.0001
BMI	0.036	0.667	0.070-0.142	0.507
pSBP	0.291	4.427	0.161-0.422	< 0.0001
pDBP	0.001	0.002	-0.216-0.216	< 0.002
pPP	0.278	4.536	0.156-0.400	< 0.0001
cSBP	0.349	5.518	0.223-0.474	< 0.0001
cDBP	-0.045	-0.401	0.265-0.176	0.689
cPP	0.265	4.912	0.558-0.372	< 0.0001
Ht	-0.848	0.002	-1.382-0.314	< 0.002
Hb	-0.599	-0.826	-2.040-0.841	0.411
T-CHOL	0.050	1.836	-0.041-0.042	0.069
TRG	0.021	1.164	0.015-0.057	0.247
HDL-C	0.104	1.318	-0.534-0.035	0.262
LDL-C	0.047	1.265	-0.045-0.052	0.243
Fbrinogen	0.007	0.749	-0.122-0.273	0.456
hsCRP	0.015	0.732	-1.738-3.768	0.466
RAAS-blocker	1.043	0.139	13.881-15.966	0.890

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.