Table 2. Logistic regressions between lower leg arterial calcification (dependent variable) and selected independent variables.
Model 1 | Model 2 | |
LLAC | LLAC | |
PXE status | −2.821 | −3.292 |
(4.25)** | (3.88)** | |
F-L score | 0.911 | |
(2.93)** | ||
Age | 0.115 | |
(3.71)** | ||
Gender | −2.310 | |
(2.53)* | ||
Smoking | 0.809 | |
(1.03) | ||
Hypertension | 1.161 | |
(0.91) | ||
LDL-C | −0.039 | |
(0.09) | ||
Constant | 0.492 | −1.527 |
(1.25) | (0.83) |
Absolute value of z statistics in parentheses.
*p<0.05;
**p<0.01.
ABI = Ankle Brachial index, F-L = Framingham-Laurier score, LLAC = lower leg arterial calcification, LDL-C = Low density lipoproteins.