High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein: An Independent Risk Factor for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Lupus Nephritis

Table 3

Individual correlates of LVMI among LN patients.

	𝑟	𝑃
Age	0.154	.048
BMI	−0.171	.030
SBP	0.214	.006
DBP	0.156	.045
MABP	0.183	.018
Hemoglobin	−0.304	<.001
ESR	0.081	.314
Hs-CRP	0.225	.014
Serum albumin	−0.107	.177
Triglyceride	−0.035	.666
Cholesterol	−0.015	.850
Lipoprotein(a)	0.043	.607
GFR	−0.292	<.001
Uric acid	0.202	.011
Calcium	0.097	.451
Phosphate	0.065	.614
24 hours urine protein	0.091	.263
Ds-DNA	−0.086	.351
ANA	−0.099	.260
ACL	0.139	.232
Complement C3	−0.07	.394
Fibrinogen	−0.04	.646

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MABP: mean arterial blood pressure; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; ANA: antinuclear antibody; ACL: antiphospholipid antibody.