Table 3. Multiple regression model predicting adipose tissue PTX3 mRNA in 56 patients with CKD stage 5.

Adjusted r2 = 0.27; p = 0.002
Variable	Beta	Standard Error	p-value
Age	−0.27	0.3	0.04
Sex (reference: male)	0.05	6.2	0.67
Diabetes mellitus (ref: no diabetes)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus	−0.06	8.9	0.63
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	0.08	8.6	0.59
PTX3 (ng/ml) 1-SD increase	0.31	3.3	0.02
ADMA (µmol/l) 1-SD increase	0.36	7.9	0.004

ADMA, asymmetric dimethylarginine; CKD, chronic kidney disease; PTX3, pentraxin 3. Variables PTX3 and ADMA were expressed as 1-standard deviation (1-SD) increase.