Ultrasonographic assessment of entheseal sites of upper and lower extremities in hemodialysis patients using Madrid Sonography Enthesitis Index

Table 6 Univariate regression analysis to identify the predictors for MASEI scores among HD patients (n = 41)

Predictor variable	MASEI-inflammatory		MASEI-damage		Total MASEI
Predictor variable	B	P	B	P	B	P
Age (years)	0.094	0.042*	0.062	0.357	0.156	0.086
Duration of HD	0.157	0.485	0.875	0.004*	1.032	0.014*
Hemoglobin level (g/dl)	−0.001	0.998	−0.597	0.278	−0.597	0.43
Serum cholesterol (mg/dl)	−0.021	0.164	0.010	0.639	−0.011	0.716
Serum phosphorus (mg/dl)	0.82	0.783	0.391	0.349	0.473	0.409

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