Table 3.
Linear Analysis of Factors Contributing to Variants of Cys‐C
| Unadjusted association | Adjusted associationa | Fully adjusted modela | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent | Independent | β | P | β | P | β | P |
| Cys‐C (mg/L) | Gender | / | / | 0.007 | 0.030 | 0.008 | 0.007 |
| (0.001,0.014) | (0.002,0.014) | ||||||
| Age | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.000 | |
| (0.003,0.003) | (0.003,0.004) | (0.003,0.003) | |||||
| Crea (mg/dL)b | 0.387 | 0.000 | / | / | 0.313 | 0.000 | |
| (0.369,0.406) | (0.290,0.336) | ||||||
| BUN (mmol/L) | 0.021 | 0.000 | / | / | 0.005 | 0.000 | |
| (0.018,0.024) | (0.003,0.008) | ||||||
| Uric A (mg/dL)b | 0.039 | 0.000 | / | / | 0.013 | 0.000 | |
| (0.036,0.041) | (0.010, 0.016) | ||||||
| R 2 | N/A | 0.106 | 0.376 | ||||
a
Adjusted means that covariates were put into multiple linear regression equation.
b
Conversion factors: Crea mg/dL × 88.4 = μmol/L; uric acid mg/dL × 59.48 = mmol/L.
β: The higher the β, the more association with Cys‐C.