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Table 3 Linear regression analysis of COPD patients with plasma esRAGE as dependent variable

From: Association of plasma sRAGE, but not esRAGE with lung function impairment in COPD

Univariate analysis

B

95% CI for B

p value

Age

0.029

0.006 to 0.052

0.016

Sex

-0.255

-0.637 to 0.127

0.187

Pack years

0.001

-0.012 to 0.014

0.925

BMI

0.022

-0.015 to 0.059

0.240

FEV1

0.007

-0.004 to 0.018

0.220

FEV1/VC

0.010

-0.002 to 0.022

0.108

LTOT

0.112

-0.418 to 0.642

0.674

CRP

0.015

-0.010 to 0.040

0.246

DLCO

0.012

-0.002 to 0.026

0.092

GFR

-0.010

-0.019 to 0.000

0.042

Multivariate analysis

B

95% CI for B

p value

Model 1: Age + sex

-0.363

-0.754 to 0.028

0.068

Model 2: model 1 + GFR

-0.006

-0.015 to 0.004

0.271

Model 3: model 2 + FEV1

0.002

-0.011 to 0.015

0.784

Model 4: model 3 + DLCO

0.004

-0.004 to 0.026

0.157

Model 5: model 4 + LTOT

-0.011

-0.665 to 0.644

0.974

Multivariate analysis

B

95% CI for B

p value

Model 1: Age + sex

-0.265

-0.638 to 0.107

0.068

Model 2: model 1 + GFR

-0.007

-0.019 to 0.006

0.287

Model 3: model 2 + FEV1/VC

0.007

-0.006 to 0.020

0.314

Model 4: model 3 + DLCO

0.009

-0.008 to 0.025

0.292

Model 5: model 4 + LTOT

0.009

-0.656 to 0.653

0.996

  1. B is unstandardized coefficient.