Cardiac biomarkers and health-related quality of life in new hemodialysis patients without symptomatic cardiac disease

Table 5 Significant associations between baseline Troponin T levels and baseline clinical characteristics, using univariate and multivariate analysis

Characteristic	Reference	Unadjusted B coefficient	95% C.I.	Adjusted B coefficient	95% C.I.
Sex	Male	0.52	0.33 to 0.82**	0.38	0.22 to 0.67***
Age	Per 1 year	1.03	1.01 to 1.04**	1.02	1.00 to 1.04*
Diabetes	No Diabetes	4.59	2.81 to 7.48***	4.62	2.55 to 8.38***
LV Mass Index	1 g/m²	1.01	1.01 to 1.02***
Hb	≤ 11.1 g/dL	0.52	0.33 to 0.80**
Serum Albumin	≤ 40 g/L	0.56	0.36 to 0.88*
Lactate Dehydrogenase	1 U/L	1.015	1.01 to 1.02***	1.01	1.00 to 1.02*
Potassium	1 mmol/L	1.36	1.03 to 1.79*
White Blood Cells	≤ 8.1 × 10⁹/L	1.84	1.15 to 2.95*
Platelet Count	≤ 260 × 10⁹/L	1.73	1.09 to 2.75*
NT-proBNP	≤ 651.9 pg/ml	4.00	2.55 to 6.28***	3.53	2.04 to 6.13***

*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001.
Unadjusted B coefficient was calculated using univariate linear regression (column 3 and 4).
Adjusted B coefficient was calculated using multivariate linear regression to identify the significant and independent predictors (column 5 and 6).

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