High cortisol levels are associated with oxidative stress and mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients

BMC Nephrology

Table 4 Serum oxLDL as an independent risk factor for high cortisol level

Variables	Exp (B)	95% CI	P value
Age	0.994	0.931-1.062	0.862
Male	3.32	0.657-16.772	0.146
Diabetes mellitus	5.075	0.706-36.477	0.107
Hypertension	0.651	0.036-11.805	0.772
Cardiovascular disease	1.033	0.202-5.291	0.969
LVSD	12.308	1.055-143.601	0.045
OxLDL	1.114	1.023-1.213	0.013
Log aldosterone	1.628	0.221-12.001	0.633

A single model of multivariate logistic regression was used to define the independent risk factors for high cortisol levels. CI confidence interval; LVSD left ventricular systolic dysfunction; oxLDL oxidized low-density lipoprotein

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