Research Article

Relation of Wnt Signaling Pathway Inhibitors (Sclerostin and Dickkopf-1) to Left Ventricular Mass Index in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients

Table 5

Linear regression analysis of LMV with some parameters among the studied subgroups.

ParameterUnstandardized coefficientsStandardized coefficients value95.0% confidence interval for B
BStd. errorBetaLower boundUpper bound

S (constant)214.8027.39< 0.001159.72269.88
Age0.730.4080.2160.079−0.0881.55
HTN40.6514.890.2790.00910.7070.50
HDL−1.220.550−0.2320.031−2.33−0.117
AVC9.626.2870.2270.132−3.01522.268
MVC1.946.000.0430.748−10.1314.014
S. sclerostin0.0490.3250.0180.882−0.6050.703
Dkk-1−0.580.189−0.3540.003−0.963−0.204

Dependent variable: LVM. Significant . LVM: left ventricular mass; HTN: hypertension; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; AVC: aortic valve calcification; MVC: mitral valve calcification; Dkk-1: Dickkopf-1.