Retinal changes and cardiac biomarker assessment in relation to chronic kidney disease: a single centre study

BMC Nephrology

Table 5 Predictors of retinal changes based on linear regression model

Factors	Tortuosity (r² = 0.066)		CRVE (r² = 0.183)		CRAE (r² = 0.024)		Macula Volume (r² = -0.015)
Factors	Β coefficient	p-value	B coefficient	p-value	B coefficient	p-value	B coefficient	p-value
Age	0.000	0.602	1.626	0.010	0.376	0.252	0.005	0.567
Gender	-0.008	0.031	-16.8	0.268	-15.6	0.053	-0.134	0.561
BMI	0.000	0.174	2.472	0.058	0.896	0.189	0.013	0.501
Smoking	0.001	0.926	16.9	0.515	-3.71	0.787	1.0	0.012
Diabetes	-0.005	0.279	-6.16	0.750	5.77	0.572	-0.615	0.040
SBP	0.000	0.067	0.071	0.861	0.195	0.364	0.009	0.153
DBP	0.000	0.210	-0.106	0.916	-0.442	0.267	-0.013	0.260
LDL	-0.001	0.586	4.442	0.510	2.371	0.505	-0.062	0.548
HbA1c	0.003	0.047	6.96	0.320	-2.055	0.578	0.098	0.357
Hb	-0.002	0.091	-6.47	0.121	-3.406	0.122	-0.019	0.761
UPCI	-0.006	0.279	36.49	0.116	2.805	0.817	0.256	0.464
eGFR	0.000	0.472	-0.194	0.791	0.346	0.373	0.009	0.438
Hs-CRP	0.000	0.253	-1.336	0.045	-0.598	0.088	-0.004	0.667
ADMA	0.000	0.279	0.026	0.183	0.006	0.553	0.001	0.086

^*Multivariate linear regression model
Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, SBP Systolic BP, DBP Diastolic BP, LDL Low density lipoprotein, HbA1c Glycosylated haemoglobin, Hb Haemoglobin, UPCI Urine protein creatinine index, eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate, hs-CRP High sensitivity C-reactive protein, ADMA Asymmetric dimethylarginine

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