Research Article

A Genetic Biomarker of Oxidative Stress, the Paraoxonase-1 Q192R Gene Variant, Associates with Cardiomyopathy in CKD: A Longitudinal Study

Table 2

Unadjusted and adjusted linear regression models of LVMI and LVEF (cross-sectional analysis).
(a) LVMI model

Variables (unit of increase)Unadjusted modelAdjusted model
b (95% CI)βP (95% CI)βP

Q192R polymorphism (one risk allele increase)17.06 (6.74 to 27.39)0.220.00113.30 (3.43 to 23.17)0.170.008
HDL (1 mg/dL)−0.45 (−0.93 to 0.03)−0.120.07
eGFR MDRD186 (1 mL/min/1.73 m2)−0.47 (−0.68 to −0.27)−0.30<0.001

(b) LVEF model

Variables (unit of increase)Unadjusted modelAdjusted model
b (95% CI)βP (95% CI)βP

Q192R polymorphism (one risk allele increase)−3.12 (−5.12 to −1.11)−0.210.002−2.91 (−4.92 to −0.91)−0.200.005
HDL (1 mg/dL)0.13 (0.03 to 0.23)0.180.01
eGFR MDRD186 (1 mL/min/1.73 m2)−0.02 (−0.06 to 0.02)−0.060.39

Data are expressed as unstandardized regression coefficient (b) and 95% confidence interval, standardized regression coefficient (β), and P value.