Table 2.

Multiple regression model for galectin‐3 levels among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Variable	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	95% confidence intervals for B		P
	B	SD	Β	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Age (years)	0.697	0.270	0.389	0.158	1.237	0.012
Body mass index (kg/m2)	0.810	0.539	0.177	−0.266	1.886	0.138
Hypertensiona	−5.316	5.222	−0.126	−15.742	5.111	0.312
Smokinga	2.059	5.106	0.042	−8.135	12.254	0.688
PWV (m/s)	0.901	1.347	0.094	−1.788	3.590	0.506
Central pulse pressure (mm Hg)	0.069	0.236	0.035	−0.403	0.541	0.771
cIMT (mm)	−42.514	23.732	−0.249	−89.896	4.869	0.078
Cardiac index (l/min/m2)	−7.963	3.782	−0.274	−15.515	−0.412	0.039
Acceleration index (1/100/s2)	0.072	0.081	0.122	−0.089	0.233	0.373

Abbreviations: cIMT, carotid intima‐media thickness; PWV, pulse wave velocity.

Dependent variable: galectin‐3, P < 0.001, R ² = 0.371, adjusted R ² = 0.286.

^a1 = yes, 2 = no.