Clinical Study

Statin Improves Flow-Mediated Vasodilation in Chronic Kidney Diseases

Table 4

Multivariate regression to the change in flow-mediated dilation.


ΔTC−0.05−4.770.0001
ΔHDL-C0.041.650.11
ΔTG0.011.590.12
ΔUP−1.56−3.090.01

TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; UP: urinary protein. Non-HDL cholesterol was excluded from the independent variables to reduce multicollinearity.