Serum Cholinesterase Activities Distinguish between Stroke Patients and Controls and Predict 12-Month Mortality

Table 2 Multivariate stepwise linear regression model for calculated BChE activity

	Independent variables^a	β^b	SE (β)^c	P value	Model R²
Stroke patients	BMI	0.29	4.38	<0.001	0.388
	BChE-K carriage	−0.262	37.469	<0.001
Controls	BMI	0.28	2.72	<0.001	0.334
	BChE-K carriage	−0.21	20.82	<0.001

^aMultiple linear regression analysis with the calculated BChE activity as the dependent variable. A predictive model was derived by stepwise linear regression analysis. The following independent variables were assessed: age, gender, BMI, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, current smoking, NIHSS and BChE-K genotype. Only those variables with a P value of < 0.05 were included in the final fitted model.
^bβ indicates linear regression coefficient.
^cSE(β) = standard error of β.

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