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Table 4.

Correlation between serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein levels and clinical variables among 70 kidney transplantation patients

Variables	A-FABP (ng/mL)

	Univariate		Multivariate

	r	P value	Beta	Adjusted R² change	P value
Age (years)	0.144	0.234	-	-	-
Gender (female)	0.237	0.049^*	-	-	-
Diabetes	0.432	< 0.001^*	-	-	-
Hypertension	0.331	0.005^*	-	-	-
Post-KT duration (months)	-0.045	0.709	-	-	-
Height (cm)	-0.211	0.079	-	-	-
Body weight (kg)	0.163	0.178	-	-	-
Waist circumference (cm)	0.326	0.006^*	-	-	-
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.311	0.009^*	-	-	-
Body fat mass (%)	0.274	0.022^*	-	-	-
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.409	< 0.001^*	0.347	0.108	0.001^*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.138	0.253
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.248	0.039^*	-	-	-
Log-triglyceride (mg/dL)	0.448	< 0.001^*	0.393	0.189	< 0.001^*
HDL-C (mg/dL)	-0.119	0.325	-	-	-
LDL-C (mg/dL)	-0.059	0.628	-	-	-
Log-glucose (mg/dL)	0.261	0.029^*	-	-	-
Log-blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	0.283	0.017^*	-	-	-
Log-creatinine (mg/dL)	0.097	0.425	-	-	-
Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min)	-0.237	0.049^*	-	-	-
Log-insulin (uIU/mL)	0.322	0.007^*	-	-	-
Log-HOMA-IR	0.392	0.001^*	-	-	-

Data on triglyceride, glucose, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, insulin, and HOMA-IR levels showed a skewed distribution and therefore were log-transformed before analysis. Data analysis was performed using univariate linear regression analyses or multivariate stepwise linear regression analysis (adopted factors: gender, diabetes, hypertension, waist circumference, body mass index, body fat mass, systolic blood pressure, log-triglyceride, log-glucose, log-blood urea nitrogen, glomerular filtration rate, log-insulin, and log-HOMA-IR). KT, kidney transplantation; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.

P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.