Table 3 Effects of longitudinal changes of nutritional parameters on changes (slopes) of leptin during 24 months based on mixed-effects model with linear trends for variable and fixed parameters
From: Longitudinal study of leptin levels in chronic hemodialysis patients
| Â | 95% confidence interval | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Estimate | Lower | Upper | F | P |
DEI (kcal/kg/d) | -0.0154 | -0.3756 | 0.3448 | 0.007 | 0.93 |
Albumin (g/L) | 0.0369 | -0.7011 | 0.7750 | 0.010 | 0.92 |
IL-6 (mcg/ml) | 0.0534 | -0.0397 | 0.1465 | 1.289 | 0.26 |
EPO dose (x10 2 u/kg/w) | -0.0001 | -0.0176 | 0.0173 | 0.0001 | 0.99 |
FMI (kg/m 2 ) | 5.4558 | 4.4808 | 6.4308 | 121.918 | < 0.001 |
Age (years) | -0.2072 | -0.5850 | 0.1706 | 1.187 | 0.28 |
Gender (men v women) | -11.7523 | -21.2601 | -2.2445 | 6.018 | 0.016 |
DM (yes v no) | -0.7272 | -9.2410 | 7.7867 | 0.029 | 0.87 |
History of CV disease (yes v no) | -0.9497 | -9.6537 | 7.7544 | 0.047 | 0.83 |
Dialysis vintage (months) | 0.0341 | -0.0849 | 0.1531 | 0.325 | 0.57 |
Time (months) | -2.5010 | -3.5814 | -1.4205 | 21.650 | < 0.001 |