Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 133 study participants

Age in years	61.8 ± 11.2
Gender (M/F)	75/58
Body mass index (BMI) (Kg/m2)	26.1 ± 2.7
Diabetes	41 (30.8%)
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (ml/min per 1.73m2)	34.1 ± 6.8
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	180.3 ± 34.3
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	101.1 ± 26.2
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	44.8 ± 7.6
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	169.1 ± 53.9
Albumin (g/dl)	4.04 ± 0.31
Calcium (Ca) (mg/dl)	9.4 ± 0.6
Phosphorus (P) (mg/dl)	4.4 ± 1.1
Ca-P product (Ca x P)	41.9 ± 11.3
Intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) (pg/ml)	177.5 ± 96.6
Urinary albumin excretion (UAE) (mg/g)	1439 ± 1124
C-reactive protein (mg/l)	1.18 (0.30-9.7)
IL-6 (pg/ml)	6.31 (1.1-25)