Etiology of End-Stage Renal Disease and Arterial Stiffness among Hemodialysis Patients

Table 3

Association between cfPWV and either diabetic nephropathy alone or vascular renal disease alone.

Variable	cfPWV (m/s); ,
	Coefficient	95% CI	value
Vascular renal disease	2.3	0.2, 4.5	0.036
Diabetic nephropathy	2.5	−0.4, 5.4	0.084
Pulse pressure	0.08	0.03, 0.1	0.001
History of CV events	1.7	0.2, 3.2	0.025
History of hypertension	0.4	−0.9, 1.6	0.58
History of diabetes mellitus	−0.4	−2.9, 2.1	0.74

Multivariate model adjusted for age, duration of dialysis, hours of dialysis per week, history of hypercholesterolemia, and serum iPTH concentration.
CI: confidence interval; CV: cardiovascular; cfPWV: carotid femoral pulse wave velocity.