Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Level Is Associated with Aortic Stiffness in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis

Table 2

Multivariable logistic regression analysis of the factors correlated to aortic stiffness.

Variables	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	value
FGF-21, per 10 pg/mL	1.008	1.003–1.012	0.001
Diabetes mellitus, present	4.269	1.768–10.309	0.001
Age, per 10 years	1.412	0.986–2.024	0.060
Hypertension, present	3.105	1.279–7.540	0.012
C-reactive protein, 1 mg/dL	2.103	0.994–4.446	0.052
Body weight, 1 kg	1.027	0.995–1.061	0.093

Analysis of data was performed using the multivariate logistic regression analysis (adopted factors: diabetes mellitus, hypertension, age, body weight, C-reactive protein, and FGF-21). FGF-21, fibroblast growth factor 21. was considered statistically significant.