. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 May 30.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Dec;50(6):1009–1019. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.08.017

Table 3.

Risk Factor	log NT-proBNP	P	log cTnT	P
	Coefficient (95% CI)		Coefficient (95% CI)
Age (yrs)			0.02 (0.00, 0.03)	0.02
Gender (Male)			0.42 (0.07, 0.77)	0.1
Etiology of ESRD (diabetes)			0.60 (0.25, 0.95)	<0.01
Current Smoker	0.85 (0.48, 1.21)	<0.001
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	−0.15 (−0.27, −0.03)	0.01
Home systolic BP (mm Hg)	0.02 (0.01, 0.03)	<0.001
Home diastolic BP (mm Hg)	−0.02 (−0.04,0.00)	0.04
Left ventricular Mass index (g/m^2.7)			0.01 (0.00, 0.02)	<0.01
Mid wall fractional shortening (%)	−0.10 (−0.18, −.03)	<.01
r²	0.31		0.19
Std. error of estimate	0.99		0.93

Beta Coefficients are for 1 unit change