Soluble TWEAK independently predicts atherosclerosis in renal transplant patients

BMC Nephrology

Table 4 The stepwise regression analysis to determine the independent predictors of carotid-intima media thickness in renal transplant patients

Parameters	Standardized Beta^‡	P value	95% CI
Step 1
Age (years)	0.17	0.18	−0.003-0.016
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	−0.03	0.78	−0.179-0.135
LDL (mg/dL)	−0.11	0.37	−0.006-0.002
hs-CRP (mg/L)	0.13	0.30	−0.007-0.023
NLR	0.03	0.84	−0.089-0.109
TWEAK (pg/mL)	0.42	0.001	0.001-0.004
adjusted r ² =0.18
*p=0.008
Step 5
TWEAK (pg/mL)	0.42	<0.001	0.001-0.004
adjusted r ² =0.20
*p<0.0001

*It was define to model statistic for each step. CI Confidence interval, LDL low density lipoprotein, hs-CRP high sensitive C-reactive protein, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, TWEAK tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis.
^‡ Standardized Beta means standardized regression coefficients of the variables.

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