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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2011 Mar 24;24(7):755–761. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2011.43

Table 3.

Association of mineral metabolism categories with pulse wave velocity

Unadjusted model Adjusted model
β (95 % CI) P value β (95% CI) P value
25-Hydroxyvitamin D (μg/l)
n (%)
 >30 712 (31) Reference Reference
 15–30 1,178 (52) 4.34 (0.69, 8.13) 0.02 0.37 (−3.12, 3.99) 0.85
 <15 376 (17) 8.53 (3.46, 13.85) <0.001 3.12 (−1.91, 8.41) 0.23
Parathyroid hormone (pg/ml)
 <65 2,059 (91) Reference Reference
 ≥65 209 (9) 8.03 (2.32, 14.07) <0.001 2.48 (−2.95, 8.22) 0.38
Phosphorus (mg/dl)
 <3.00 255 (11) Reference Reference
 3.00–3.49 679 (30) −0.001 (−5.39, 5.70) 0.1 3.43 (−2.00, 9.15) 0.22
 3.50–3.99 882 (39) −5.87 (−10.79, −0,69) 0.02 −1.68 (−6.78, 3.7) 0.53
 ≥4.00 453 (20) −4.99 (−10.41, 0.79) 0.08 −2.17 (−7.82, 3.82) 0.47
Calcium (mg/dl)
 <8.5 431 (19) Reference Reference
 8.5–9.0 1,016 (45) −3.7 (−7.79, 0.57) 0.08 −4.84 (−8.72, −0.81) 0.02
 9.1–9.5 669 (30) 0.78 (−3.8, 5.59) 0.74 −1.70 (−6.05, 2.86) 0.46
 ≥9.5 146 (7) −1.80 (−8.42, 5.3) 0.61 −6.91 (−13.27, −0.09) 0.05

There are 3 participants missing vitamin D for a total of 2,266, 1 participant missing PTH for a total of 2,268 and 7 participants missing calcium for a total of 2,262.

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; PTH, parathyroid hormone; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

a

Adjusted for age, gender, race, site, season at Y2 exam, eGFR, smoking, physical activity, BMI, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, diabetes, lipid medication use, SBP, DBP, and antihypertensive medication use.