Table 3.

Independent Predictors of 24‐Hour, and Percentage Decline of SBP From Day to Night in Kidney Transplant Recipients

	β (CI 95%)	R	R 2	P Value
(a) Predictors of 24‐hour SBP
Urinary protein/creatinine ratio, g/g	5.33 (2.20–8.47)	0.335	0.112	.001
Circulating monocytes, ×109/L	0.017 (0.002–0.033)	0.399	0.159	.035

(b) Predictors of percentage decline of SBP from day to night
Log IL‐6	6.09 (1.16–11.01)	0.327	0.107	.016
Serum creatinine, mg/dL	3.48 (0.67–6.29)	0.405	0.164	.016
Carotid plaques, No.	1.10 (0.04–2.16)	0.450	0.202	.042

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Log IL‐6, log‐transformed interleukin 6; SBP, systolic blood pressure.