Table V.

Multivariate linear regression analysis of predictors of the visual analogue scale score for pruritus intensity

Covariate	Parameter estimate	95% CI	p-value
Age (years)	–0.01	–0.06˜0.04	0.67
Men	–0.63	–1.81˜0.56	0.30
Cigarette smoking	1.88	–0.07˜3.83	0.06
Diabetes mellitus	1.52	0.42˜2.61	0.01*
Intermediate monocytes (%)	0.08	0.01˜0.16	0.03*

^*p ≤ 0.05.

CI: confidence interval.