Table 2.

CAC score and biochemical characteristics of the patients at the baseline and second assessment

	Transplantation (n = 41)			Dialysis (n = 30)			Baseline values, P
	Baseline	Second	P	Baseline	Second	P
AS	660 ±1812	698 ±1830	n.s.	1356 ±3471	1703 ±4601	<0.005	<0.005
	(5)	(12)		(238)	(311)
VS	570 ±1505	576 ±1496	n.s.	1146 ±2813	1359 ±3587	<0.02	<0.01
	(11)	(14)		(250)	(359)
Creatinine, mg/dl	1.7 ±0.49	1.68 ±0.52	n.s.	—	—
Albumin, g/l	4.2 ±0.42	4.1 ±0.38	n.s.	4.0 ±0.4	3.9 ±0.2	n.s.	n.s.
Ca, mg/dl	9.9 ±0.9	10.2 ±1.1	n.s.	9.3 ±0.8	9.9 ±1.5	n.s.	n.s.
P, mg/dl	3.3 ±0.9	3.3 ±0.8	n.s.	5.5 ±1.9	4.6 ±1.2	<0.02	<0.00001
PTH, pg/ml	152 ±161	93 ±92	<0.0001	428 ±385	242 ±288	0.01	<0.0009
ESR, mm	17.7 ±14.3	16.9 ±18.5	n.s.	36 ±22	33 ±22	n.s.	<0.00001
CRP, mg/dl	0.54 ±0.82	0.28 ±0.32	<0.05	1.95 ±3.2	1.3 ±1.2	n.s.	n.s.
Fibrinogen, mg/dl	347 ±73	385 ±99	n.s.	391 ±117	417 ±70	n.s.	n.s.
Fetuin, g/l	0.49 ±0.14	0.66 ±0.13	<0.0001	0.45 ±0.16	0.51 ±0.15	n.s.	n.s.
OPG, pmol/l	3.8 ±1.5	5.7 ±2.5	<0.0001	11.7 ±4.9	10.6 ±3.2	n.s.	<0.00001

Median values are shown in parentheses.