Association between brain-derived neurotrophic factor and von Willebrand factor levels in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Table 4 Multiple linear regression analysis of cardiovascular risk factor for plasma level of BDNF in patients with stable CAD (n = 143)

	Unstandardized coefficient	Standardized coefficient	P value
Age, years	- 0.003	- 0.179	0.008
Male sex	- 0.018	- 0.048	0.466
Diabetes mellitus	- 0.098	- 0.280	< 0.001
Hypertension	- 0.051	- 0.128	0.050
LDL cholesterol	0.096	0.099	0.131
HDL cholesterol	0.105	0.067	0.306
Platelet count	0.159	0.081	0.221
vWF	- 0.003	- 0.407	< 0.001

BDNF brain-derived neurotrophic factor, CAD coronary artery disease, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, vWF von Willebrand factor. LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol and platelet count was logarithm-transformed due to skewed distribution

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