Table 2.

Multivariate regression models for the prediction of DcR3

Parameter	Difference in DcR3	SEM	P Value
Age (yr)	−0.004	0.013	0.75
Sex (male)	0.014	0.058	0.81
Diabetes mellitus (presence)	0.008	0.073	0.42
Previous CVD (presence)	0.165	0.061	0.04
HD vintage (mo)	−0.009	0.018	0.69
Kt/V urea	−0.036	0.021	0.28
log IL-6 (pg/ml)	0.248	0.071	0.26
log ICAM-1 (ng/ml)	0.134	0.072	0.07
log VCAM-1 (ng/ml)	0.202	0.096	0.01
Albumin (g/dl)	−0.229	0.087	0.009
Body mass index (kg/m2)	−0.016	0.009	0.52

The adjusted r² of the model was 0.294. Logarithmic transformation of DcR3, IL-6, hs-CRP, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 was used to normalize the distributions for multivariate analysis. DcR3, decoy receptor 3; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HD, hemodialysis; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1; VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1.