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. 2013 Aug 21;14:178. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-178

Table 1.

Association between hyperphosphatemia and selected biochemical, socio-demographic and health history variables

 
Phosphorus ≥ 4.4 mg/dL
Phosphorus < 4.4 mg/dL
P value
  Means±SE or % Means±SE or %  
Biochemical
 
 
 
Albumin (g/dL)
4.31±0.01
4.26±0.01
<0.01
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) (mg/dL)
12.80±0.16
12.66±0.40
0.74
BUN ≥ 20 mg/dL
6.78
8.63
0.51
Vitamin D (25-0H-D) (ng/ml)
24.45±0.51
22.81±0.60
0.01
Vitamin D <10 (25-OH-D) (ng/ml)
4.05
5.58
0.12
Vitamin D >30 (25-OH-D) (ng/ml)
21.82
16.68
0.10
Parathyroid hormone(pg/mL)
38.25±1.48
44.09±1.64
0.02
Total calcium (mg/dL)
9.57±0.01
9.44±0.01
<0.01
Corrected calcium (mg/dL)
9.59±0.01
9.44±0.01
<0.01
Calcium >10 mg/dL
7.19
3.99
<0.01
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
202.14±1.15
194.90±1.88
<0.01
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)
0.84±0.004
0.86±0.01
0.11
Uric acid (mg/dL)
5.29±0.04
5.45±0.08
0.10
eGFR (MDRD)
94.57±1.01
92.31±0.73
0.051
eGFR (CKD-Epi)
98.16±0.60
95.90±1.09
0.052
Hemoglobin A1c
5.49±0.02
5.54±0.03
0.15
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
99.52±0.86
103.99±0.52
<0.01
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)
0.36±0.02
0.37±0.01
0.55
Anemia and Iron
 
 
 
Low hemoglobin levels*
6.62
5.04
0.03
Low hematocrit levels^
13.2
11.44
0.07
Low hemoglobin or hematocrit
13.51
11.69
0.08
Low Ferritin <12 ng/mL
12.78
11.96
0.60
High Transferrin Sat > 4.6 g/L
16.02
14.36
0.36
Socio-demographics
 
 
 
Gender
 
 
 
 Male
12.73
87.27
<0.01
 Female
17.66
82.34
 
Age (years)
42.34±0.49
45.91±0.65
<0.01
Ethnicity
 
 
 
 Mexican
14.16
85.84
0.56
 Other Hispanic
14.24
85.76
 
 White
15.29
84.71
 
 Black
15.16
84.84
 
 Other Race
16.65
83.35
 
Poverty income Ratio
3.07±0.06
3.08±0.05
0.90
Poverty income Ratio <1
14.54
13.07
0.14
Health History and Diet
 
 
 
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)
27.86±0.20
28.75±0.25
<0.01
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)
31.32
36.08
0.08
Self reported diabetes
 
 
 
 Yes
7.76
92.24
0.07
 No
16.32
83.68
 
Phosphorus Intake mg/day
1410.25±21.91
1364.69±23.43
0.14
Steroids (>past 30 days, any)
0.70
0.44
0.20
Envrionmental Phenols
 
 
 
Urinary Benzopheone-3 (ng/mL)
 
 
 
 ≤6
15.62
84.38
0.13
 >6 & ≤30.1
13.07
86.93
 
 >30.1
16.98
83.02
 
Urinary Bisphenol A (ng/mL)
 
 
 
 <1.3
16.05
83.95
0.72
 ≥1.3 & <3
14.45
85.55
 
 ≥3
15.47
84.53
 
Urinary Tricolsan (ng/mL)
 
 
 
 ≤4.2
15.78
84.22
0.63
 >4.2 & <23.3
16.07
83.93
 
 ≥23.3 14.51 85.49  

*Low hemoglogin is defined as <12g/dL for women and <13g/dL for men.

^ Low hematocrit was defined as <36% for women and <41% for men.