Circulating osteoprotegerin is associated with chronic kidney disease in hypertensive patients

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Association of OPG with renal impairment from a mutually adjusted multiple logistic regression model^a

Dependent variable: Renal impairment (yes/no)
Predictive variables	DF	β estimate	Standard Error	Wald Chi-square	p-value
Log OPG	1	−2.1005	0.8004	6.8873	0.0087
BMI	1	0.2151	0.0880	5.9682	0.0146
SBP	1	−0.0178	0.0146	1.4779	0.2241
Col LDL	1	0.00910	0.00725	1.5737	0.2097
PTH	1	−0.0634	0.0155	16.6892	<0.0001
Phosphate	1	−0.6598	0.4620	2.0396	0.1532
CRP	1	0.000250	0.0254	0.0001	0.9921
Model R-square = 0.4306

BMI is for body mass index, CRP is for C-reactive protein, Col LDL is for low density lipoprotein cholesterol, OPG is for osteoprotegerin, PTH is for parathormone, SBP is for systolic blood pressure
^aAlso adjusted for age and sex.

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