Relationship between coronary artery disease and C-reactive protein levels in NSTEMI patients with renal dysfunction: a retrospective study

Table 5 Predictors of change in glomerular filtration rate from admission to discharge: multiple linear regression analysis results

Independent variables	b	P value	CI 95%
Gender (M)	1.92	0.26	-1.418 to 5.262
Age (years)	-0.40	<0.001	-0.549 to -0.243
Immediate evidence based treatment	-0.84	0.74	-5.803 to 4.116
GFR at admission (mL/min/1.73 m² )	-0.34	<0.001	-0.423 to 0.253
History of heart failure	-2.60	0.21	-6.704 to 1.513
History of PAD	4.04	0.16	-1.589 to 9.663
History of diabetes	1.00	0.55	-2.309 to 4.307
History of lipid disorders	-2.15	0.17	-5.212 to 0.915
History of hypertension	0.48	0.78	-2.908 to 3.862
Prior myocardial infarction	-0.36	0.83	-3.544 to 2.833
Prior stroke or TIA	-2.38	0.35	-7.436 to 2.675
Number of vessels with CAD	1.77	0.03	0.138 to 3.407
Ejection fraction (≤40)	-3.29	0.13	-7.497 to 0.924

Dialysis patients (n = 10) where excluded from the analysis.
Values in bold are statistically significant.
Abbreviations: GFR glomerular filtration rate, CAD coronary artery disease, EF ejection fraction, PAD peripheral arterial disease, TIA transient ischemic attack.

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