What Is the Role of Apelin regarding Cardiovascular Risk and Progression of Renal Disease in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy?

Table 3

Multivariate Cox regression analysis results for cardiovascular mortality.

	Adjusted HR (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Age	1.013 (1.103–2.107)	0.016
Sex	1.088 (0.251–4.718)	0.910
Apelin	0.981 (0.967–0.996)	0.012
HOMA-IR	0.987 (0.922–1.901)	0.968
Adiponectin	0.885 (0.786–0.996)	0.742
IL-6	1.124 (0.881–1.434)	0.349
Phosphorus	1.585 (0.969–2.594)	0.067
PTH	1.000 (0.992–1.007)	0.922
eGFR	0.886 (0.790–0.997)	0.043
Creatinine	1.152 (1.138–1.937)	0.328
Hb	1.701 (1.103–2.625)	0.216
OxLDL	1.063 (0.995–1.136)	0.071
Resistin	0.674 (1.458–6.679)	0.423
Visfatin	0.654 (1.106–3.724)	0.347