Effect of atorvastatin on inflammatory markers in hemodialysis patients

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 6 Linear regression analysis displaying independent predictors of IL-6 after 6 months

	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	P value
	B	Std. error	Beta	t	P value
Age	− 0.054	0.083	− 0.146	− 0.657	0.517
Duration (years)	0.196	0.149	0.264	1.312	0.202
AST	0.216	0.216	0.300	1.004	0.326
ALT	− 0.433	0.295	− 0.423	− 1.468	0.156
CK-T	− 0.005	0.030	− 0.033	− 0.161	0.873
T. cholesterol	0.048	0.107	0.344	0.444	0.661
HDL	0.131	0.153	0.259	0.856	0.401
LDL	− 0.102	0.127	− 0.538	− 0.805	0.429
Triglycerides	− 0.017	0.036	− 0.159	− 0.467	0.645

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