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Table 3 Correlation between cfPWV values and clinical variables among 120 hemodialysis patients

From: Serum osteoprotegerin is an independent marker of central arterial stiffness as assessed using carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity in hemodialysis patients: a cross sectional study

Variables

Log-cfPWV (m/s)

r

p value

Age (years)

0.099

0.280

Log-HD duration (months)

− 0.070

0.445

Height (cm)

0.121

0.187

Body weight (kg)

0.101

0.272

BMI (kg/m2)

0.061

0.506

SBP (mmHg)

0.196

0.032*

DBP (mmHg)

0.038

0.678

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

−0.056

0.542

Log-Glucose (mg/dL)

0.182

0.047*

BUN (mg/dL)

0.040

0.662

Creatinine (mg/dL)

−0.030

0.746

Corrected calcium (mg/dL)

0.128

0.165

Phosphorus (mg/dL)

0.072

0.434

Log-CRP (mg/dL)

0.061

0.506

Log-iPTH (pg/mL)

−0.146

0.112

Log-OPG (pg/L)

0.281

0.002*

Kt/V (Gotch)

−0.030

0.747

  1. The data of cfPWV, HD duration, glucose, iPTH and OPG showed skewed distribution and were log-transformed before analysis
  2. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation analysis
  3. cfPWV carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity, HD hemodialysis, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BUN blood urea nitrogen, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, CRP C-reactive protein, OPG osteoprotegerin, Kt/V fractional clearance index for urea
  4. *p < 0.05 is considered as statistically significant
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BMC Nephrology

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