Association of Urinary Sodium Excretion with Vascular Damage: A Local Kidney Effect, Rather Than a Marker of Generalized Vascular Impairment

Table 3

Multiple linear regression models for factors predicting urinary sodium excretion 24h urine sodium (mmol/24h) (adjusted R square=0.168, R square=0.209, p<0.001).

	Unstandardized	LB	UB	Standardized	p
	coefficient			coefficient
Age (years)	0.003	-0.002	0.007	0.149	0.210
Sex (Male)	-0.055	-0.155	0.046	-0.112	0.285
BMI (Kg/m^2)	0.010	-0.001	0.022	0.173	0.087
Night SBP (mmHg)	0.003	0.000	0.006	0.188	0.068
Dipping	0.003	-0.004	0.010	0.085	0.382
HDL, mg/dl	0.001	-0.003	0.004	0.043	0.626
GFR	0.000	-0.001	0.002	0.026	0.799
24h urine albumin (mg/24h)	0.119	0.033	0.204	0.235	0.007
AIx@75	-0.004	-0.007	0.000	-0.211	0.072
Capillaries (number/mm^3)	0.000	-0.001	0.002	0.031	0.719

ΒMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, AIx: augmentation index, CI: confidence intervals, LB: lower boundary, and UB: upper boundary.