Table 3.
Coronary artery calcification scores and echocardiographic characteristics by tertile of FGF-23. Results are expressed as frequencies, mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range) as appropriate.
| FGF-23 Tertile 1 (< 75 RU/ml) |
FGF-23 Tertile 2 (75-150 RU/ml) |
FGF-23 Tertile 3 (>150 RU/ml) |
P (trend) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 69 | 71 | 72 | |
| CAC Score | 32 (0, 270) | 121 (0, 302) | 117 (14, 384) | 0.2* |
| % ≥ 100 | 33 | 53 | 55 | 0.04* |
| LVMI (g/m2.71) | 35 ± 8 | 40 ± 12 | 42 ± 15 | <0.001 |
| LVH (%) | 7 | 21 | 25 | 0.006 |
*
test for trend only includes patients with CKD
CAC, coronary artery calcification; LVMI, left ventricular mass index; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy