Effect of atorvastatin on inflammatory markers in hemodialysis patients

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 5 Linear regression analysis displaying independent predictors of hs-CRP at baseline

	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	P value
	B	Std. error	Beta	t	P value
Age	0.131	0.083	0.286	1.583	0.127
Duration (years)	− 0.154	0.187	− 0.168	− 0.822	0.419
AST	0.344	0.252	0.418	1.364	0.185
ALT	− 0.328	0.257	− 0.406	− 1.277	0.214
CK-T	0.018	0.030	0.113	0.609	0.548
HDL	0.068	0.121	0.109	0.561	0.580
LDL	0.004	0.027	0.032	0.156	0.877
Triglycerides	0.004	0.015	0.046	0.236	0.815

Dependent variable: hs-CRP, mg/l, baseline
None of the studied variables is an independent predictor of hs-CRP level at baseline
hs-CRP highly sensitive C-reactive protein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, ALT alanine transaminase, AST aspartate transaminase, CK-T total creatine kinase