Table 2. Single regression analyses with serum soluble (pro)renin receptor levels.

	r	P		r	P
Background factors			Calcium	0.024	N.S.
Age	0.101	N.S.	Inorganic phosphorus	0.163	< 0.01
Duration of hemodialysis therapy	0.031	N.S.	Intact parathyroid hormone	0.117	N.S.
Smoking history	0.087	N.S.	Uric acid	0.081	N.S.
Past history of cardiovascular diseases			PRA	0.023	N.S.
myocardial infarction	-0.01	N.S.	PAC	0.022	N.S.
stroke	-0.019	N.S.	hANP	0.081	N.S.
peripheral artery disease	-0.106	N.S.	BNP	0.053	N.S.
Body mass index	0.072	N.S.	Physical function tests
Systolic blood pressure during dialysis			Echocardiography
at start	-0.191	< 0.01	LVEF	-0.051	N.S.
highest value	-0.186	< 0.01	LVMI	-0.074	N.S.
lowest value	-0.182	< 0.01	IVC	-0.100	N.S.
difference between highest and lowest values	-0.006	N.S.	LADs	-0.023	N.S.
at end	-0.189	< 0.01	E/e'	-0.042	N.S.
CTR	0.139	< 0.05	Carotid ultrasound examination
Kt/V	0.079	N.S.	max carotid IMT	0.003	N.S.
Blood tests			ABI
Hemoglobin	0.133	< 0.05	lower value	-0.069	N.S.
Hemoglobin A1c	-0.081	N.S.	average value	-0.072	N.S.
Creatinine	-0.081	N.S.	baPWV
LDL cholesterol	0.048	N.S.	higher value	0.080	N.S.
HDL cholesterol	-0.072	N.S.	average value	0.077	N.S.
Triglyceride	0.266	< 0.01	Abdominal CT
Albumin	-0.072	N.S.	Visceral fat area	0.184	< 0.01
CRP	0.170	< 0.01	Subcutaneous fat area	0.169	< 0.01
Log CRP	0.267	< 0.001	Abdominal circumference	0.111	N.S.

CTR: cardiothoracic ratio, CRP: C-reactive protein, PRA: plasma renin activity, PAC: plasma aldosterone concentration, hANP: human atrial natriuretic peptide, BNP: brain natriuretic peptide, LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, LVMI: left ventricular mass index, IVC: inferior vena cava, LADs: left atrial internal dimension in systole, E/e': E over e-prime, IMT: intima-media thickness, ABI: ankle-brachial index, baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity