Table 3.
Spearman’s rank correlation between serum Klotho and laboratory parameters
| Total | Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rho | t | p | Rho | t | p | Rho | t | p | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) | 0.036 | 1.808 | 0.071 | 0.153 | 5.319 | < 0.001 | 0.033 | 1.182 | 0.237 |
| Albumin (g/dl) | -0.017 | -0.845 | 0.398 | 0.058 | 1.992 | 0.047 | -0.045 | -1.603 | 0.109 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | -0.151 | -7.609 | < 0.001 | -0.097 | -3.367 | < 0.001 | -0.130 | -4.702 | < 0.001 |
| Uric acid (mg/dl) | -0.180 | -9.091 | < 0.001 | -0.142 | -4.954 | < 0.001 | -0.185 | -6.730 | < 0.001 |
| Urea nitrogen (mg/dl) | -0.075 | -3.760 | < 0.001 | -0.039 | -1.353 | 0.176 | -0.085 | -3.039 | 0.002 |
| FPG (mg/dl) | 0.043 | 1.497 | 0.135 | 0.078 | 1.906 | 0.057 | 0.023 | 0.568 | 0.570 |
| A1c (%) | 0.024 | 1.178 | 0.239 | 0.035 | 1.218 | 0.224 | 0.010 | 0.362 | 0.717 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dl) | -0.0004 | -0.021 | 0.983 | -0.020 | -0.685 | 0.494 | -0.007 | -0.257 | 0.797 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | -0.059 | -2.941 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.107 | 0.915 | -0.116 | -4.189 | < 0.001 |
| LDL (mg/dl) | 0.007 | 0.257 | 0.797 | 0.023 | 0.556 | 0.579 | -0.020 | -0.483 | 0.629 |
| HDL (mg/dl) | 0.028 | 1.377 | 0.169 | -0.070 | -2.428 | 0.015 | 0.077 | 2.748 | 0.006 |
| WBC count (1000 cells/ul) | -0.061 | -3.022 | 0.003 | -0.031 | -1.064 | 0.288 | -0.093 | -3.337 | 0.001 |
| hs-CRP (mg/l) | -0.046 | -2.277 | 0.023 | -0.077 | -2.658 | 0.008 | -0.037 | -1.312 | 0.190 |
| SHBG (nmol/l) | 0.074 | 3.698 | < 0.001 | 0.083 | 2.861 | 0.004 | 0.030 | 1.065 | 0.287 |
| Estradiol (pg/ml) | 0.046 | 2.287 | 0.022 | 0.083 | 2.862 | 0.004 | 0.080 | 2.890 | 0.004 |
| Testosterone (ng/dl) | -0.036 | -1.776 | 0.076 | 0.093 | 3.215 | 0.001 | 0.040 | 1.423 | 0.155 |
LDL, fasting low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level; HDL, fasting high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; WBC, white blood cell; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; SHBG, sex hormone binding globulin