Serum Uric Acid as a Marker of Coronary Calcification in Patients with Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease with Preserved Left Ventricular Pump Function

Table 3

Tests of generalized regression model for five parameters (total cholesterol, osteopontin, osteoprotegerin, high-sensitive C-reactive protein, and serum uric acid) that potentially contributed to calcification of coronary arteries after excluding type two diabetes mellitus.

Source	Dependent variables
	% AS > 50%			Agatston score index
	𝐵	Wald χ ^2 test	Sig.	𝐵	Wald χ ^2 test	Sig.
TC	0.11	3.12	0,142	33.45	2.210	0.115
OPN	0.03	0.012	0.764	1.694	5.468	0.014
OPG	0.160	10.36	0.001	0.06	137.684	0.000
hs-CRP	0.132	1.32	0.615	0.363	0.006	0.941
SUA	0.021	0.120	0.680	0.442	88.27	0.016

TC: total cholesterol, OPN: osteopontin, OPG: osteoprotegerin, hs-CRP: high-sensitive C-reactive protein, and SUA: serum uric acid, and % AS: percent of coronary artery stenosis.