Serum levels of sclerostin as a potential biomarker in central arterial stiffness among hypertensive patients

Table 2 Multivariable logistic regression analysis of the factors correlated with arterial stiffness among the 105 hypertensive patients

Variables	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	p value
Sclerostin (pmol/L)	1.042	1.017–1.068	0.001*
Age	1.088	1.021–1.159	0.010*
Intact parathyroid hormone	1.025	1.003–1.048	0.026*
Systolic blood pressure	1.028	0.996–1.062	0.086
Diabetes mellitus	2.189	0.769–6.235	0.142
Estimated glomerular filtration rate	0.996	0.969–1.024	0.794

Patients with carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity values > 10 m/s were assigned to the arterial stiffness in this study
*Values of p < 0.05 were considered statistically significant in the forward multivariate logistic regression analysis (adopted factors: diabetes mellitus, age, systolic blood pressure, estimated glomerular filtration rate, intact parathyroid hormone, and sclerostin)

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