Table 4.

Relationship between intrarenal resistivity index >0.7 and the studied atherosclerotic markers and histopathologic lesions in five separate models of multivariable adjusted binary logistic regression analysis.

Model	Variable	β	Exp(β) (95%CI)	p
AAC score*	Age	0.13	1.14 (1.03–1.25)	<0.001
	UAlb/Cr	−0.32	0.72 (0.50–1.02)	0.06
	Constant	−6.88	0.001	<0.01
IMT**	Age	0.08	1.09 (1.01–1.16)	0.01
	Diabetes mellitus	2.13	8.42 (1.19–59.47)	0.03
	eGFR	−0.02	0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.05
	Constant	−4.76	0.009	0.02
Arteriolosclerosis†	Age	0.07	1.07 (1.00–1.15)	0.03
	Diabetes mellitus	2.58	13.19 (1.24–139.95)	0.03
	Arteriolosclerosis	2.42	11.28 (1.02–124.86)	0.04
	Constant	−7.07	0.001	<0.01
Global glomerulosclerosis‡	Age	0.08	1.09 (1.01–1.17)	0.01
	Diabetes mellitus	2.16	8.74 (1.23–61.74)	0.03
	eGFR	−0.03	0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.05
	Constant	−4.88	0.008	0.01
Interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy§	Age	0.08	1.09 (1.01–1.17)	0.01
	Diabetes mellitus	2.16	8.74 (1.23–61.74)	0.03
	eGFR	−0.03	0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.05
	Constant	−4.88	0.008	0.01

Variables entered at step 1 for each model: age, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, eGFR, UAlb/Cr and AAC score or IMT or arteriolosclerosis or global glomerulosclerosis or interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy - depending on the model.

*Cox and Snell R² = 0.37; Nagelkerke R² = 0.50; (χ²=14.82; dif = 2; p = 0.001).

**Cox and Snell R² = 0.34; Nagelkerke R² = 0.46; (χ² = 17.30; dif = 3; p = 0.001).

^†Cox and Snell R² = 0.36; Nagelkerke R² = 0.49; (χ² = 19.09; dif = 3; p < 0.001).

^‡Cox and Snell R² = 0.35; Nagelkerke R² = 0.47; (χ² = 18.11; dif = 3; p < 0.001).

^§Cox and Snell R² = 0.35; Nagelkerke R² = 0.47; (χ² = 18.11; dif = 3; p < 0.001).