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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2009 Jan 9;205(2):357–359. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2008.12.039

Table 1.

Beta coefficients of the multiple regression analysis for plasma ADMA concentration.

Independent variable Non-smokers (n = 53) Passive smokers (n = 48) Active smokers (n = 67) Total population (n = 168)
Age −0.0371 0.2344 −0.1449 −0.0333
BMI 0.0184 −0.0121 −0.0755 0.0485
Creatinine 0.0145 0.2933* 0.2211 0.2152*
tHcy −0.0062 0.3634* 0.2810 0.2598**
Cotinine 0.0791 0.0522 0.0917 −0.0279

tHcy, total homocysteine; ADMA, asymmetric dimethylarginine; BMI, body mass index.

*

P < 0.05.

**

P < 0.01.