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Table 3 Univariate correlation of eGFR with various clinical variables

From: Serum C-reactive protein and thioredoxin levels in subjects with mildly reduced glomerular filtration rate

Independent variables

Correlation coefficient

Age

-0.591***

Sex

0.269***

BMI

-0.149*

Systolic BP

-0.334***

Non-HDL-C

-0.227**

HDL-C

0.074

Smoking

0.234**

Glucose

-0.118

  1. The table gives Spearman's correlation coefficients with level of significance. Dummy variables were used for sex (1 for male, 0 for female) and smoking (1 for smokers, 0 for non-smokers). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. See the footnote of Table 1 for abbreviations.
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BMC Nephrology

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