Association of Plasma Adiponectin and Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Diabetic Nephropathy

Table 3

Regression coefficients () of multiple regression models with dependent variables ox-LDL or cIMT and independent variables selected based on respective associations.

	β	Standard error
Model for ox-LDL
Adiponectin	−5.02	2.5	0.049
eGFR	0.12	0.05	0.025
Triglycerides	0.06	0.02	0.004
LDL-cholesterol	0.20	0.05	0.025
Model for cIMT^a
eGFR	−0.002	0.001	0.003
Sex	−0.102	0.042	0.017

^aAge, statin treatment, and HDL-cholesterol were excluded from model.