Table 2.
Laboratory biomarkers
| Laboratory biomarkers | Total | Global DNA methylation status |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hpall/Mspl >median | Hpall/Mspl <median | |||
| Hemoglobin, g/dl | 8.70 ± 1.3 | 8.86 ± 1.4 | 8.56 ± 1.2 | 0.66 |
| White blood cells, × 103/mm3 | 5.70 ± 1.7 | 5.40 ± 1.5 | 6.00 ± 1.9 | 0.39 |
| Thrombocytes, × 103/mm4 | 20.4 ± 5.8 | 20.4 ± 6.2 | 20.5 ± 5.5 | 0.72 |
| Albumin, g/dl | 3.41 ± 0.6 | 3.40 ± 0.7 | 3.42 ± 0.5 | 0.82 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dl | 172.3 ± 38.8 | 178.4 ± 33.6 | 166.1 ± 43.3 | 0.10 |
| HDL cholesterol, mg/dl | 43.5 ± 12.4 | 44.6 ± 8.8 | 42.5 ± 15.3 | 0.16 |
| UA, mg/dl | 8.43 ± 2.2 | 8.57 ± 2.7 | 8.29 ± 1.6 | 0.75 |
| eGFR, ml/min | 4.86 ± 1.8 | 4.89 ± 1.5 | 4.83 ± 2.1 | 0.51 |
| Intact PTH, pg/ml | 419 ± 248 | 415 ± 251 | 405 ± 252 | 0.97 |
| Ferritin, ng/ml | 147.3 ± 178.8 | 92.9 ± 83.3 | 201.6 ± 228.8 | 0.046* |
| Median (range) | 81.5 (43.3–189.5) | 59.5 (40.0–119.0) | 133.0 (51.5–247.3) | |
| CRP, mg/dl | 0.349 ± 0.718 | 0.211 ± 0.301 | 0.487 ± 0.962 | 0.83 |
| Median (range) | 0.06 (0.02–0.33) | 0.078 (0.028–0.311) | 0.060 (0.023–0.635) | |
| sPCT, ng/ml | 0.134 ± 0.166 | 0.107 ± 0.09 | 0.161 ± 0.215 | 0.95 |
| Median (range) | 0.080 (0.030–0.188) | 0.075 (0.0357–0.153) | 0.080 (0.028–0.196) | |
Data presented as mean ± SD, unless otherwise indicated.
HDL = High-density lipoprotein; UA = uric acid; PTH = parathyroid hormone.
*
p < 0.05.