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Table 2 Spearman’s rank correlation between 24 h urinary excretion of p -cresyl sulfate and baseline characteristics

From: Cardiovascular disease relates to intestinal uptake of p-cresol in patients with chronic kidney disease

Variable

ρ

P

Age

0.13

0.07

Gender (female vs. male)

−0.08

0.25

Prior CVD

0.12

0.09

Diabetes mellitus

0.18

0.009

Current smoker

0.0007

0.99

Body mass index

0.01

0.84

Systolic blood pressure

0.06

0.38

Diastolic blood pressure

0.03

0.64

Hemoglobin

−0.07

0.35

Albumin

−0.03

0.70

C-reactive protein

−0.05

0.47

Cholesterol

−0.06

0.43

LDL

0.03

0.68

Calcium

−0.03

0.71

Phosphate

0.03

0.65

Parathormone

0.09

0.20

Bicarbonate

0.02

0.82

Creatinine

0.11

0.11

eGFR

−0.10

0.15

24 h proteinuria

0.14

0.05

24u protein intake

0.30

< 0.0001

Therapy with ACEI/ARB

−0.008

0.91

Therapy with statin

0.13

0.06

Serum PCS

0.64

< 0.0001

  1. CVD, cardiovascular disease; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; PCS, p-cresyl sulfate.
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BMC Nephrology

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