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. 2014 Aug 12;15:130. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-15-130

Table 2.

NT-proBNP, inflammatory markers, osteoprotegerin and fetuin-A during treatment with vitamin D analogs

 
Period 1
Period 2
 
Alfacalcidol
Paricalcitol
Difference between groups Alfacalcidol
Paricalcitol
Difference between groups
  Week 6 Week 22 Increase Week 6 Week 22 Increase Week 28 Week 44 Increase Week 28 Week 44 Increase
NT-proBNP (pmol/l) median (range)
417.8 (78-19048) N = 26
606.2 (90-63974)
187.7 (-888-44932)
485.4 (79-13543) N = 29
785.5 (39-7766)
300.1 (-12433-6124)*
-121.1 (95%CI -429.4 to 187.2)
763.8 (55-2769) N = 29
1005.0 (43-8519)
155.8 (-1917-7680)
497.1 (54-42379) N = 26
487.6 (45-53669)
-42.1 (-3262-11290)
-429.7 (95%CI -938.1 to 78.8)
Log NT-proBNP
2.74 (0.60) N = 26
6.63 (1.47)
3.89 (0.19)#
2.76 (0.57) N = 29
6.69 (1.22)
3.93 (0.17)#
0.04 (95%CI -0.54 to 0.47)
6.39 (1.07) N = 29
6.73 (1.21)
0.34 (0.19)
6.60 (1.53) N = 26
6.37 (1.49)
-0.22 (0.13)
-0.56 (95% CI -1.04 to -0.10)¤
hs-Crp (mg/l) median (range)
9.61 (0.3 -28.0) N = 24
6.58 (0.4-73.2)
-0.07 (-21-63)
7.23 (0.3-27.7) N = 29
5.30 (0.3-81.0)
-0.01 (-21-66)
-0.76 (95%CI -5.9 to 4.4)
7.52 (0.6-62.4) N = 29
5.25 (0.2-34.3)
-0.31 (-55-11)
6.96 (0.25-48.3) N = 24
5.46 (0.37-60.8)
-1.18 (-46- 58)
-0.85 (95%CI -4.7 to 3.0)
Log hs-Crp
1.86 (1.20) N = 24
1.80 (1.38)
-0.06 (0.21)
1.54 (1.31) N = 29
1.58 (1.54)
0.03 (0.21)
0.09 (95%CI -0.69 to 0.51)
1.70 (1.29) N = 29
1.38 (1.38)
-0.32 (0.19)
1.93 (1.26) N = 24
1.67 (1.08)
-0.27 (0.27)
0.05 (95%CI -0.60 to 0.71)
IL-6 (pg/ml)
6.99 (5.34) N = 21
7.05 (8.40)
0.06 (1.90)
5.56 (3.68) N = 24
8.34 (14.24)
2.79 (2.64)
-2.73 (95%CI -9.47 to 4.01)
6.59 (3.51) N = 21
5.66 (5.21)
-0.93 (0.75)
6.11 (3.91) N = 24
5.90 (3.53)
-0.21 (1.07)
0.72 (95%CI -1.87 to 3.29)
TNF-α (pg/ml)
6.63 (2.45) N = 23
7.76 (6.16)
1.13 (1.32)
7.05 (2.20) N = 26
6.85 (2.28)
-0.21 (0.44)
1.34 (95%CI -1.33 to 4.00)
6.59 (2.36) N = 26
7.18 (3.00)
0.53 (1.32)
6.42 (2.26) N = 23
7.04 (2.19)
-1.22 (2.16)
- 1.75 (95%CI -6.72 to 3.21)
Fetuin-A (μg/ml)
319.15 (76.41) N = 23
362.92 (77.77)
43.77 (14.07)#
330.81 (81.83) N = 26
340.75 (84.98)
9.93 (9.62)
32.84 (95%CI 0.21 to 67.47) ¤
331.29 (107.15) N = 26
318.94 (91.32)
-12.35 (18.39)
329.55 (81.00) N = 23
299.20 (74.95)
-30.35 (22.26)
-42.7 (95%CI -75.62 to 33.69)
Osteoprotegerin (pg/ml) 4461.77 (1905.1), N = 22 4878.00 (1954.20) 416.23 (178.52)# 4009.39 (1636.80) N = 26 4442.15 (2147.7) 432.77 (193.65)# 16.54 (95%CI -544.13 to 521.05) 4333.4 (1947.1) N = 26 4567.04 (2003.1) 233.64 (102.55)# 4982.68 (1988.9) N = 22 4911.09 (1874.4) -71.59 (209.52) 305.23 (95%CI -757.83 to 147.36)

Distribution of NT-proBNP and hs-Crp was skewed and analyses were done by Mann-Whitney two sample test and presented with Hodge-Lehman median (95% confidence interval).

Logarithmic transformed NT-proBNP and hs-Crp and the remaining parameters were compared using an unpaired t-test and presented with the mean difference (95% confidence intervals).

*: Wilcoxon signed rank test P<0.05; #: Two-sample paired t-test P < 0.05; ¤: Two-sample unpaired t-test, P < 0.05. Parameters are presented as mean (SD) and differences in mean (SEM) unless specified otherwise.