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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013 Oct 31;34(1):231–236. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.301806

Table 2.

Associations of Quartiles of Soluble Endothelial Cell–Selective Adhesion Molecule With Baseline CKD Assessed by eGFR and ACR

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 P Overall
eGFR <60 mL/min per 1.73 m2
 Unadjusted OR Ref 1.41 3.22 16.0 <0.0001
  99.83% CI 0.59–3.36 1.46–7.11 7.43–34.41
  P value 0.2212 <0.0001 <0.0001
 Adjusted* OR Ref 1.12 2.56 11.44 <0.0001
  99.83% CI 0.43–2.89 1.07–6.12 4.89–26.76
  P value 0.7454 0.0016 <0.0001
 Adjusted* plus ACR Ref 1.12 2.53 9.58 <0.0001
  99.83% CI 0.42–3.03 1.02–6.3 3.87–23.73
  P value 0.7177 0.0014 <0.0001
ACR ≥30 mg/g
 Unadjusted OR Ref 0.75 1.12 3.52 <0.0001
  99.83% CI 0.28–2.02 0.45–2.75 1.61–7.69
  P value 0.3557 0.7044 <0.0001
 Adjusted* OR Ref 0.95 1.36 5.23 <0.0001
  99.83% CI 0.31–2.89 0.47–3.93 1.96–13.91
  P value 0.8788 0.3598 <0.0001
 Adjusted* plus eGFR Ref 0.82 1.05 2.83 0.0006
  99.83% CI 0.27–2.52 0.35–3.11 0.93–8.6
  P value 0.5888 0.8965 0.00334

Threshold P value for significance=0.0017. P overall gives results of test of heterogeneity. ACR indicates albumin-to-creatinine ratio; CI, confidence interval; CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; OR, odds ratio; Q, quartile; and Ref, reference.

*

Adjusted for age, race, sex, hypertension, pack-years, type 2 diabetes mellitus, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker, statins, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.