Usefulness of Multidetector Row Computed Tomography for Predicting Cardiac Events in Asymptomatic Chronic Kidney Disease Patients at the Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy

Table 4

Multiple linear regressions of factors associated with CAS and CACS in CKD patients at the start of dialysis.

Variables	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	𝛽	𝑃 value	𝛽	𝑃 value
Age	0.488	<0.01	0.401	<0.01
diabetes	0.269	<0.05	0.153	NS
CACS	0.452	<0.01	0.152	NS
Uric acid	0.436	<0.01	3.071	<0.05
LDL	0.209	NS	—	—
EF	0.007	NS	—	—
SBP	0.012	NS	—	—
hsCRP	0.025	NS	—	—

CACS: coronary artery calcium score; LDL: low density lipoprotein; EF: ejection fraction; SBP: systolic blood pressure; hsCRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; NS: not significant.