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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Pharm Des. 2014;20(37):5829–5833. doi: 10.2174/1381612820666140212194926

Table 1.

Nontraditional Risk Factors for Vascular Calcification in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Kidney Function Decline
Dialysis Vintage
Disordered Mineral Metabolism
    Elevated serum phosphate levels
    Elevated serum calcium levels
    Elevated parathyroid hormone levels
    Changes in vitamin D metabolism
    Elevated FGF23 levels
Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
Osteogenesis Factors (Cbfa1)