Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes as Predictors for Radial Artery Calcification in End Stage Renal Disease Patients

Table 3

Multiple logistic regression models to study the associations of the selected variables with vascular calcifications as assessed by alizarin red staining of the radial artery.

	Model 1^a		Model 2^b		Model 3^a
	OR (95% CI)	𝑃	OR (95% CI)	𝑃	OR (95% CI)	𝑃
Age, years	1.05 (0.99–1.10)	NS	1.05 (0.99–1.11)	NS	1.00 (0.93–1.08)	NS
Fasting glucose > 5.6 mmol/L^c	8.24 (1.66–40.9)	0.008	14.8 (1.68–130)	0.012	23.8 (1.84–309)	0.012
MAP, mmHg	—	—	—	—	0.93 (0.86–1.02)	NS
ADMA, 0.1 μmol/L	—	—	—	—	1.66 (0.70–3.92)	NS
OPG, pmol/L	—	—	—	—	1.16 (0.92–1.45)	NS

Odds ratios for positive staining are presented.
^aAdjusted for gender, dialysis status of patients, and Ca × Pi.
^bAdjusted for the parameters of the metabolic syndrome: low HDL cholesterol (<1.0 mmol/L in men, <1.3 mmol/L in women), high triglycerides (>1.7 mmol/L), and high BMI (≥25 kg/m²), as well as hypertension, CRP, gender, dialysis status of patients, and Ca × Pi.
^cIncludes patients with IFG and patients with diabetes.
Bold font: statically significant data.