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. 2008 Nov;3(6):1829–1836. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01310308

Table 3.

Parameters of mineral metabolism in RTR and patients with chronic kidney diseasea

Parameter RTR
CKD
TX 3M 12M 3M versus 12M CKD versus 3M CKD versus 12M
Phosphate (mg/dl) 5.0 ± 1.3 2.6 ± 0.6 3.0 ± 0.6 0.0005 3.3 ± 0.6 <0.0001 0.01
    Hypophosphatemia (<2.3 mg/dl) (%) 0 32 14 0.0004 4 0.0003 0.08
Calcium (mg/dl) 9.7 ± 0.8 10.0 ± 0.7 9.5 ± 0.6 <0.0001 9.4 ± 0.3 <0.0001 0.4
Albumine (g/L) 44.0 ± 4.7 43.4 ± 3.0 44.3 ± 2.4 0.07 45.7 ± 3.0 0.0002 0.004
Bicarbonate (mmol/L) - 22.7 ± 2.3 22.9 ± 2.6 0.8 25.2 ± 3.0 <0.0001 <0.0001
Cac (mg/dl) 9.3 ± 0.7 9.7 ± 0.7 9.1 ± 0.5 <0.0001 8.9 ± 0.3 <0.0001 0.02
    Hypercalcemia (>10.2 mg/dl) (%) 9 22 2 <0.0001 0 0.0005 0.32
Calcidiol (μg/L) 33.6 ± 16.7 23.6 ± 11.0 27.3 ± 14.5 0.07 29.1 ± 14.3 <0.05 0.42
    Sufficient (≥30)/insufficient (10 to 30)/deficient (<10) (%) 55/41/4 24/68/8 38/56/6 0.32 46/46/8 0.06 0.6
Calcitriol (ng/L) 21.4 [15.2 to 27.1] 38.3 [30.9 to 50.0] 46.8 [35.3 to 57.6] 0.93 41.2 [33.9 to 51.9] 0.48 0.17
    Deficiency (<20) (%) 55 10 0 <0.0001 8 0.72 0.60
PTH (ng/L) 112.5 [66.1 to 233.5] 35.9 [23.3 to 68.7] 27.2 [17.0 to 46.0] 0.008 17.5 [11.7 to 24.4] <0.0001 0.003
    PTH above K/DOQI targets (%) 40 40 32 0.06 10 0.0005 0.007
FGF-23 (ng/L) 2816 [641 to 10,665] 73 [43 to 111] 56 [34 to 78] 0.008 47 [34 to 77] 0.02 0.60
    FGF-23 >50 ng/L (%) 100 66 57 0.10 45 0.04 0.57
Total alkaline phosphatases (IU/L) 200 [160 to 286] 169 [146 to 211] 176 [146 to 230] 0.94 183 [155 to 222] 0.27 0.58
Creatinine (mg/dl) 7.63 ± 2.39 1.59 ± 0.35 1.41 ± 0.27 <0.0001 1.49 ± 0.43 0.12 0.40
eGFR ml/min/1.73m2 (Cockroft and Gault) - 51.3 ± 13.2 56.6 ± 13.7 0.01 54.4 ± 15.5 0.40 0.40
eGFR ml/min/1.73m2 (MDRD) - 46.5 ± 11.8 52.8 ± 11.5 <0.0001 50.8 ± 15.7 0.18 0.41
K/DOQI stage 2/3 (%) - 32/68 42/58 0.27 44/56 0.22 0.33
CrCl ml/min/1.73m2 - 50.2 ± 26.9 54.3 ± 21.0 0.19 50.4 ± 19.3 0.55 0.23
Phosphaturia (mg/d) - 727 [541 to 977] 872 [570 to 1025] 0.53 790 [570 to 1089] 0.87 0.71
FEphos (%) - 45 ± 19 37 ± 13 0.01 35 ± 16 0.007 0.25
TmP/GFR (mg/dl) - 1.52 ± 0.76 1.94 ± 1.52 0.0006 2.18 ± 0.72 <0.0001 0.17

Data are represented as mean ± SD or median [interquartile range].

a

CKD, chronic kidney disease; PTH, parathyroid hormone; FGF-23, fibroblast growth factor-23; eGFR, estimated GFR, MDRD, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease; K/DQQI, Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative; CrCl, creatinine clearance; FEphos, fractional phosphorus excretion; TmP/GFR, tubular maximum reabsorption of phosphorus corrected for GFR; Cac, albumin corrected calcium concentration.