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. 2011 Nov 1;34(6):512–518. doi: 10.1159/000333045

Table 2.

Association of Lp-PLA2 with kidney function decline over 5.7 years among elderly persons by baseline CKD

Models Lp-PLA2 antigena
Lp-PLA2 activitya
per SD = 118 quartile 2 quartile 3 quartile 4 per SD = 113 quartile 2 quartile 3 quartile 4
eGFRcreat ≥60 ml/min 1.73 m2
Subjects 3,370 838 833 765 3,364 880 803 786
Age, sex, race −0.10 (−0.18, −0.03) −0.26 (−0.47, −0.06) −0.20 (−0.41, 0.001) −0.26 (−0.47, −0.05) −0.05 (−0.12, 0.03) 0.05 (−0.15, 0.26) −0.13 (−0.34, 0.08) −0.01 (−0.23, 0.20)
+ Risk factorsb −0.10 (−0.17, −0.02) −0.28 (−0.49, −0.07) −0.22 (−0.43, −0.01) −0.25 (−0.46, −0.03) −0.04 (−0.12, 0.03) 0.05 (−0.16, 0.26) −0.14 (−0.35, 0.08) −0.005 (−0.22, 0.21)
+ CRP and IL−6 −0.10 (−0.18, −0.02) −0.31 (−0.52, −0.10) −0.19 (−0.41, 0.02) −0.26 (−0.48, −0.04) −0.04 (−0.12, 0.04) 0.09 (−0.12, 0.31) −0.10 (−0.32, 0.12) 0.0003 (−0.22, 0.22)
eGFRcreat <60 ml/min/1.73 m2
Subjects 989 251 253 283 987 234 249 288
Age, sex, race −0.01 (−0.31, 0.28) 0.07 (−0.30, 0.44) −0.21 (−0.57, 0.16) 0.11 (−0.25, 0.47) −0.06 (−0.18, 0.05) −0.12 (−0.49, 0.25) −0.07 (−0.44, 0.29) −0.19 (−0.55, 0.17)
+ Risk factorsb −0.02 (−0.32, 0.27) 0.05 (−0.32, 0.42) −0.23 (−0.60, 0.14) 0.10 (−0.26, 0.47) −0.07 (−0.19, 0.05) −0.12 (−0.49, 0.25) −0.07 (−0.44, 0.30) −0.19 (−0.55, 0.17)
+ CRP and IL−6 −0.02 (−0.37, 0.32) 0.07 (−0.32, 0.45) −0.29 (−0.68, 0.10) 0.10 (−0.28, 0.48) −0.03 (−0.15, 0.10) −0.11 (−0.50, 0.29) −0.01 (−0.41, 0.38) −0.06 (−0.45, 0.32)

Results represent β (95% CI) ml/min/1.73 m2 per year, except where otherwise indicated. Baseline CKD defined by CKD-Epi eGFR ≥ or <60 ml/min/1.73 m2. Quartile 1 is the reference group.

a

Quartile ranges for Lp-PLA2 antigen (ng/ml): <257.31, 257.31–326.67, 326.68–404.68, >404.68; quartile ranges for Lp-PLA2 activity (nmol/min/ml): <30.41, 30.42–37.82, 37.83–46.60, >46.60.

b

Diabetes, systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive medications, LDL and HDL cholesterol, lipid-lowering medications, prevalent coronary heart disease.