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. 2025 Jan 2;29(5):638–649. doi: 10.1007/s10157-024-02589-1

Table 4.

Predictive value of eHTKV-α and other variables for annual change in eGFR over 3 years

Variable Univariate regression model Multivariate regression model Multivariate regression model (variable reduction method)a
St. β (parameter estimate) 95% CI P value St. β (parameter estimate) 95% CI P value St. β (parameter estimate) 95% CI P value
Change in eHTKV-α from baseline at 1 year (%)  − 0.119  − 0.195, − 0.043 0.002  − 0.101  − 0.164, − 0.038 0.002  − 0.103  − 0.155, − 0.050  < 0.001
Change in eGFR from week 3 at 1 year (%) 0.124 0.104, 0.144  < 0.001 0.093 0.071, 0.114  < 0.001 0.119 0.099, 0.140  < 0.001
Change in plasma copeptin from baseline at week 3 (pmol/l)  − 0.015  − 0.044, 0.014 0.3  − 0.014  − 0.030, 0.003 0.1
Change in urine osmolality from baseline at week 3 (mOsm/kg)  − 0.001  − 0.003, 0.001 0.3 0.002  − 0.001, 0.004 0.2
Mean tolvaptan dose (mg/day)  − 0.003  − 0.022, 0.016 0.8  − 0.003  − 0.015, 0.009 0.6
Male vs. female sex 0.143  − 0.665, 0.951 0.7 0.036  − 0.560, 0.633 0.9
Age (years) 0.003  − 0.055, 0.061 0.9  − 0.000  − 0.044, 0.043 0.9
White vs. Asian/other race 1.219 0.124, 2.314 0.03 1.687 0.947, 2.427  < 0.001 1.193 0.541, 1.846  < 0.001
Baseline eGFR (ml/min per 1.73 m2) 0.018  − 0.001, 0.037 0.07 0.015  − 0.002, 0.032 0.09 0.018 0.007, 0.030 0.002
Baseline systolic BP (mmHg) 0.000  − 0.030, 0.030 0.9  − 0.017  − 0.037, 0.002 0.08
Baseline BMI (kg/m2)  − 0.013  − 0.095, 0.068 0.7  − 0.019  − 0.074, 0.035 0.5
Baseline log10 TKV (ml)b  − 2.128  − 4.173, − 0.082 0.04  − 0.953  − 2.589, 0.683 0.3
Baseline log10 copeptin (pmol/l)b  − 1.419  − 2.823, − 0.014 0.05  − 0.563  − 1.503, 0.377 0.2
Baseline urine osmolality (mOsm/kg) 0.003 0.000, 0.005 0.03 0.003 0.000, 0.006 0.03
R2 0.234c 0.198c

Regression analyses included tolvaptan-assigned patients in TEMPO 3:4 with TKV data available to calculate eHTKV-α at baseline and year 1 (n = 812); statistically significant values are indicated in bold. Annual change in eGFR was calculated as the slope of a regression model over time across all on-treatment eGFR values from week 3 through year 3

BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; eHTKV-α, estimated height-adjusted total kidney volume growth rate; R2, coefficient of determination; St. β, standardised regression coefficient; TKV, total kidney volume

aBackward stepwise selection was applied as the variable reduction method

bLog transformation was applied because baseline TKV and copeptin data are not normally distributed

cR2 represents the extent to which the variance of the dependent variables accounts for the variance of independent variables in a regression model