Effect of atorvastatin on inflammatory markers in hemodialysis patients

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 4 Linear regression analysis displaying independent predictors of IL-6 at baseline

	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	P value
	B	Std. error	Beta	t	P value
Age	0.046	0.079	0.117	0.586	0.563
HD duration (years)	0.028	0.178	0.035	0.157	0.876
AST	0.008	0.239	0.011	0.032	0.975
ALT	− 0.099	0.243	− 0.141	− 0.405	0.689
CK-T	0.015	0.028	0.109	0.536	0.597
HDL	0.017	0.115	0.033	0.152	0.880
LDL	0.032	0.025	0.280	1.257	0.221
Triglycerides	− 0.009	0.015	− 0.138	− 0.647	0.524

Dependent variable: IL-6, pg/ml, baseline
None of the studied variables is an independent predictor of IL-6 level at baseline
IL-6 interleukin-6, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate transaminase, CK-T total creatine kinase