Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses for factors related to plasma fibrinogen level.

	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	β	95%CI	p	β	95%CI	p
Age	0.024	0.017–0.032	<.001	0.018	0.011–0.024	<.001
Sex	0.062	−0.201 to 0.324	.643
PD duration	0.008	0.003–0014	.004
History of diabetes	0.315	0.019–0.611	.037
BMI (kg/m2)	0.038	0.005–0.072	.024
Use of statins	0.417	0.159–0.674	.002
Albumin (g/L)	−0.019	−0.036 to 0.002	.031
FBG (mmol/L)	0.159	0.092–0.226	<.001	0.092	0.034–0.151	.002
CHO (mmol/L)	0.144	0.014–0.273	.030	0.136	0.028–0.244	.013
ApoB(g/L)	0.992	0.235–1.749	.010
hsCRP (mg/L)	0.074	0.056–0.092	<.001	0.061	0.045–0.078	<.001
nPCR (g/kg/24 h)	−1.059	−1.626 to 0.492	<.001
Residual renal Kt/V	−0.274	−0.513 to 0.034	.025

BMI: body mass index; FBG: fasting blood glucose; CHO: cholesterol; ApoB: apolipoprotein B; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; nPCR: normalized protein catabolic rate.

Data are expressed as regression coefficient (β) and p value.