Serum IL-18 Is Closely Associated with Renal Tubulointerstitial Injury and Predicts Renal Prognosis in IgA Nephropathy

Table 3

Multivariate regression model to evaluate correlated factors with responsiveness to steroid therapy.

Parameters	𝛽	𝑃 value
Sex	0.112	0.559
Age (year)	0.023	0.899
Smoke duration	−0.362	0.238
SBP (mmHg)	0.279	0.112
DBP (mmHg)	0.022	0.099
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	−0.057	0.761
Proteinuria (g/24 h)	0.070	0.704
sAlb (g/L)	0.469	0.040
Scr (μmol/L)	0.157	0.384
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	−0.195	0.278
sIgA (mmol/L)	−0.104	0.570
Hs-CRP (mg/L)	−0.078	0.474
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	−0.638	0.881
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	−0.294	0.729
sIL-18 (pg/mL)	−0.003	0.010
Lee’s grading system	−0.075	0.676
GSS	−0.151	0.398
TID	−0.236	0.018