Impact of thyroid function on cystatin C in detecting acute kidney injury: a prospective, observational study

BMC Nephrology

Table 3 Factors associated with Cys C using multivariate linear regression analysis^a

Variables	Cys C (mg/L)
Variables	Standardized β	P
Age, years	0.136	< 0.001
Male sex	- 0.059	< 0.001
Baseline Serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.066	0.004
Serum creatinine at admission (mg/dl)	0.578	< 0.001
BUN at admission (mg/dl)	0.166	< 0.001
FT3 (pmol/L)	−0.100	< 0.001
TT3 (nmol/L)	0.059	0.007
APACHE II Score	0.087	< 0.001
Constant	0.116 [unstandardized]	0.043

^aIndependent variables including age, male sex, APACHE II Score, serum creatinine at admission, baseline serum creatinine, BUN at admission, albumin at admission, FT3, TT3, and TT4 were involved in the stepwise analysis. Adjusted R square was 0.681. APACHE II score, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Cys C cystatin C, FT3 free triiodothyronine, FT4 free thyroxine, TT3 total triiodothyronine, TT4 total thyroxine

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