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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015 Jun 25;35(9):2048–2053. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.305945

Table 2.

Association between FGF23 and Carotid Plaque Presence and TCPA*

FGF23 level
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P

Plaque presence per lnFGF23 1.26 (1.04, 1.52) 0.02 1.26 (1.02, 1.56) 0.03 1.26 (1.01, 1.58) 0.04
Quintile 1 Reference Reference Reference
Quintile 2 0.94 (0.68, 1.30) 0.71 0.96 (0.68, 1.35) 0.82 0.94 (0.66, 1.34) 0.73
Quintile 3 1.14 (0.83, 1.57) 0.42 1.27 (0.89, 1.80) 0.19 1.16 (0.81, 1.67) 0.41
Quintile 4 1.22 (0.89, 1.69) 0.22 1.33 (0.93, 1.90) 0.12 1.24 (0.86, 1.79) 0.28
Quintile 5 1.56 (1.13, 2.17) 0.007 1.57 (1.09, 2.26) 0.02 1.49 (1.02, 2.19) 0.04
p for trend = 0.002 p for trend = 0.003 p for trend = 0.01
Beta (95% CI) P Beta (95% CI) P Beta (95% CI) P

TCPA per lnFGF23 0.21 (0.08, 0.33) 0.001 0.20 (0.08, 0.32) 0.001 0.19 (0.07, 0.31) 0.002
Quintile 1 Reference Reference Reference
Quintile 2 −0.06 (−0.28, 0.16) 0.61 −0.02 (−0.22, 0.19) 0.89 −0.02 (−0.23, 0.17) 0.77
Quintile 3 0.10 (−0.12, 0.31) 0.39 0.18 (−0.02, 0.39) 0.08 0.12 (−0.08, 0.32) 0.24
Quintile 4 0.14 (−0.08, 0.36) 0.20 0.22 (0.01, 0.43) 0.04 0.15 (−0.05, 0.36) 0.15
Quintile 5 0.38 (0.17, 0.60) 0.0006 0.38 (0.17, 0.60) 0.0005 0.32 (0.10, 0.53) 0.004
p for trend = 0.0001 p for trend <.0001 p for trend = 0.0007

Model 1: unadjusted

Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, eGFR, and time interval between FGF23 and carotid examination.

Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, eGFR, and time interval between FGF23 and carotid examination plus vascular risk factors.

*

TCPA: Total Carotid Plaque Area (cube root transformed)