Growth Differentiation Factor 15 in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease and after Renal Transplantation

Table 4

Multiple linear regression model for plasma GDF-15 (Tx and CKD cohorts).

Dependent variable GDF-15
Risk factor	Unstandardized B	value	95% CI for B
Age (years)	0.005	0.613	(-0.015, 0.026)
Sex	0.085	0.286	(-0.072, 0.243)
mGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	-0.009	<0.001	(-0.012, -0.006)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	-0.162	<0.001	(-0.219, -0.115)
Hypertension	0.004	0.956	(-0.152, 0.161)
BMI -score	-0.096	0.445	(-0.344, 0.152)
Height -score	-0.146	0.120	(-0.330, 0.036)
Weight -score	0.113	0.454	(-0.185, 0.411)
CKD vs. Tx	0.262	0.005	(0.008, 0.445)