TGFB2 and atherosclerosis: Age, TGF-β2, and TGF-β3 were the only independent predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis in CKD patients in the regression model [age: Odds ratio (OR), 1.054; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.003 – 1.109, p=0.039; TGF-β2: OR, 0.996; 95% CI: 0.994–0.999, p=0.018; TGF-β3: OR, 0.992; 95% CI: 0.985–0.999, p=0.029) (Table 4).