Abdominal aortic calcification score can predict future coronary artery disease in hemodialysis patients: a 5-year prospective cohort study

Table 4 Related confounders of higher AAC score group (AAC score > 5.5) in multivariate linear regression

	Higher AAC score group
	Beta	p value
Age(per 1 year old increase)	0.238	< 0.001
DM (Ref: no)	0.179	0.006
HTN (Ref: no)	0.002	0.975
CAD history (Ref: no)	0.177	0.002
Vintage (per 1 month increase)	0.189	0.001
BMI (per 1 kg/m² increase)	−0.048	0.440
Creatinine(per 1 mg/dl increase)	−0.014	0.832
Fasting blood sugar (per 1 mg/dl increase)	0.009	0.885
Triglyceride(per 1 mg/dl increase)	−0.004	0.950
iPTH (per 1 pg/mL increase)	0.035	0.580
Calcium (per 1 mg/dl increase)	0.001	0.988
Phosphate (per 1 mg/dl increase)	0.084	0.170
spKt/V (per 1 unit increase)	−0.005	0.941

Abbreviations: AAC score abdominal aortic calcification score, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, CAD Coronary artery disease, iPTH intact-parathyroid hormone, spKt/V Single-pool Kt/V

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