Table 3.

Multiple linear regression analysis of the association between clinical characteristics and plasma miRs.

	miR-34a		miR-224		miR-452
	β	p value	β	p value	β	p value
Age	0.106	0.097	0.004	0.955	0.002	0.970
Sex	− 0.160	0.002	0.145	0.007	0.165	0.002
eGFR	− 0.101	0.099	− 0.035	0.579	− 0.101	0.107
Hypertension	− 0.098	0.065	− 0.045	0.412	− 0.046	0.402
Diabetes Mellitus	0.121	0.022	0.033	0.537	0.020	0.711
Obesity	0.113	0.035	0.010	0.851	− 0.074	0.173

In the linear regression model, miRs are dependent variables while age, sex, eGFR, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and obesity are independent variables. A simultaneous method of entry was used in the regression model. “β” means standardized regression coefficients; “p value” indicates significance.