Table 4.

Stepwise regression analysis to determine the independent predictors of CIMT in Rtx patients

Parameters	Standardized beta1	p value	95% CI
Step 12
Age (years)	0.17	0.38	−0.09 to 0.02
BMI	0.10	0.62	−0.04 to 0.07
Phosphorus (mg/dl)	0.20	0.30	−0.10 to 0.34
LDL (mg/dl)	0.09	0.60	−0.004 to 0.006
hs-CRP (mg/l)	0.45	0.02	0.006 to 0.05
Step 43
hs-CRP (mg/l)	0.54	0.003	0.013 to 0.054

¹Standardized beta: standardized regression coefficients of the variables.

²Adjusted r² = 0.29, p = 0.023; was defined to model statistics for each step.

³Adjusted r² = 0.26, p = 0.003; was defined to model statistics for each step.