Effect of atorvastatin on inflammatory markers in hemodialysis patients

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 7 Linear regression analysis displaying independent predictors of hs-CRP after 6 months

	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t	P value
	B	Std. error	Beta	t	P value
Age	0.052	0.070	0.146	0.741	0.466
HD duration (years)	− 0.190	0.127	− 0.266	− 1.496	0.148
AST	− 0.308	0.184	− 0.443	− 1.679	0.107
ALT	0.346	0.251	0.351	1.378	0.181
CK-T	0.059	0.026	0.452	2.303	0.031*
T. cholesterol	0.036	0.091	0.270	0.395	0.697
HDL	− 0.141	0.130	− 0.291	− 1.088	0.288
LDL	− 0.049	0.108	− 0.269	− 0.456	0.653
Triglycerides	− 0.045	0.031	− 0.437	− 1.453	0.160

Dependent variable: CRP, mg/l, after 6 months
None of the studied variables is an independent predictor of hs-CRP level after 6 months except for CK-T (P value < 0.031)
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