Table 4 Multiple linear regression analysis of circulating CD34-positive cells with relevant factors adjusted for confounding factors

No. of participants

Age

−0.02

(−0.06, 0.03)

0.467

0.02

(−0.04, 0.09)

0.485

−0.07

(−014, −0.004)

0.038

Systolic blood pressure

−0.01

(−0.02, 0.01)

0.462

−0.02

(−0.04, 0.01)

0.175

0.005

(−0.02, 0.03)

0.671

Diastolic blood pressure

−0.002

(−0.03, 0.02)

0.852

0.02

(−0.02, 0.06)

0.360

−0.02

(−0.06, 0.01)

0.152

Body mass index (BMI)

0.01

(−0.06, 0.09)

0.749

0.10

(−0.09, 0.29)

0.291

−0.11

(−0.25, 0.03)

0.134

Alcohol consumption

0.02

(−0.09, 0.13)

0.682

−0.02

(−0.19, 0.14)

0.770

−0.01

(−0.16, 0.14)

0.906

Smoking status

−0.13

(−0.42, 0.16)

0.390

0.04

(−0.41, 0.48)

0.874

−0.31

(−0.72, 0.09)

0.129

Serum HDL-cholesterol (HDL)

0.01

(−0.01, 0.02)

0.400

0.02

(−0.005, 0.04)

0.138

−0.003

(−0.03, 0.02)

0.800

Serum triglycerides (TG)

0.001

(−0.001, 0.003)

0.333

0.001

(−0.003, 0.005)

0.736

0.002

(−0.001, 0.01)

0.178

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)

0.14

(−0.16, 0.44)

0.367

−0.09

(−0.55, 0.37)

0.704

0.44

(−0.01, 0.89)

0.056

Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

−0.03

(−0.06, 0.01)

0.104

−0.03

(−0.09, 0.02)

0.241

−0.03

(−0.07, 0.02)

0.252

Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT)

0.02

(−0.01, 0.04)

0.250

0.01

(−0.04, 0.06)

0.767

0.01

(−0.02, 0.05)

0.387

Serum γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GTP)

0.001

(−0.004, 0.005)

0.821

0.004

(−0.01, 0.02)

0.468

0.001

(−0.004, 0.01)

0.701

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

−0.004

(−0.02, 0.01)

0.571

−0.004

(−0.02, 0.02)

0.703

−0.003

(−0.02, 0.02)

0.775

Serum calcium (Ca)

0.01

(−0.56, 0.58)

0.970

0.06

(−0.82, 0.94)

0.889

−0.11

(−0.88, 0.66)

0.776

Serum phosphorus (P)

−0.13

(−0.56, 0.31)

0.565

−0.06

(−0.76, 0.63)

0.854

0.05

(−0.56, 0.65)

0.880

One SD increment in serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP)

0.25

(0.04, 0.45)

0.019

0.45

(0.16, 0.75)

0.003

0.04

(−0.25, 0.34)

0.772