The Association between the Activin A Serum Level and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Table 2

Association of risk factors and the activin A serum level with cIMT.

Risk factor	Activin A		cIMT
	r value	value	r value	value
Age	−0.263	0.053	−0.149	0.278
Sex	—	0.739^a	—	0.977^a
CKD duration	0.227	0.096	0.250	0.066
BMI	0.213	0.118	0.104	0.450
DM	—	0.282^a	—	0.063^a
Hypertension	—	0.006^∗	—	0.801^a
LDL (mg/dL)	−0.137	0.318	−0.099	0.472
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.038	0.782	0.303	0.025^∗
CRP (mg/dL)	−0.249	0.066	−0.243	0.074
Phosphate (mg/dL)	0.205	0.134	0.290	0.032^∗
Calcium (mg/dL)	0.075	0.588	0.010	0.943
Albumin (mg/dL)	0.106	0.443	−0.065	0.638
PTH (pg/mL)	0.230	0.092	0.183	0.180
Activin A (pg/mL)	—	—	0.449	0.001^∗

BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CRP, C-reactive protein; DM, diabetes mellitus; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; PTH, parathyroid hormone. ^∗Statistically significant values.