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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Kidney Int. 2016 Dec 22;91(3):711–719. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.10.021

Table 3.

Dual effects of inflammatory markers and FGF23 on all-cause mortality

Hazard Ratio (95% Confidence Interval)
Unadjusted P Model A P Model B P Model C P
IL-6 and FGF23
Separate Cox proportional hazards models of each individual exposure (from Table 2)
 per 1 SD of lnIL-6 1.52 (1.43–1.61) < .0001 1.38 (1.28–1.49) < .0001 1.38 (1.28–1.48) < .0001 1.35 (1.25–1.46) < .0001
 per 1 SD of lnFGF23 1.64 (1.53–1.76) < .0001 1.53 (1.40–1.67) < .0001 1.51 (1.38–1.65) < .0001 1.45 (1.32–1.60) < .0001
Single Cox proportional hazards model that includes both IL-6 and FGF23
 per 1 SD of lnIL-6 1.39 (1.30–1.48) < .0001 1.30 (1.20–1.41) < .0001 1.30 (1.20–1.41) < .0001 1.29 (1.18–1.40) < .0001
 per 1 SD of lnFGF23 1.47 (1.36–1.58) < .0001 1.42 (1.30–1.55) < .0001 1.40 (1.28–1.54) < .0001 1.36 (1.23–1.50) < .0001
CRP and FGF23
Separate Cox proportional hazards models of each individual exposure (from Table 2)
 per 1 SD of lnCRP 1.39 (1.27–1.51) < .0001 1.31 (1.19–1.43) < .0001 1.28 (1.17–1.40) < .0001 1.28 (1.16–1.40) < .0001
 per 1 SD of lnFGF23 1.64 (1.53–1.76) < .0001 1.53 (1.40–1.67) < .0001 1.51 (1.38–1.65) < .0001 1.45 (1.32–1.60) < .0001
Single Cox proportional hazards model that includes both CRP and FGF23
 per 1 SD of lnCRP 1.26 (1.15–1.37) < .0001 1.23 (1.13–1.35) < .0001 1.22 (1.11–1.33) < .0001 1.22 (1.11–1.33) < .0001
 per 1 SD of lnFGF23 1.58 (1.46–1.70) < .0001 1.48 (1.35–1.62) < .0001 1.46 (1.34–1.60) < .0001 1.41 (1.28–1.55) < .0001

Model A: Stratified by site and adjusted for age, sex, race, ethnicity, body mass index, diabetes, smoking status, history of cardiovascular disease, systolic blood pressure, estimated glomerular filtration rate, urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio categories, serum albumin, hemoglobin, low-density lipoprotein

Model B: Model A plus use of use of aspirin, beta blockers, statins, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers, active vitamin D, nutritional vitamin D, phosphate binders, and steroids.

Model C: Model B plus serum calcium, phosphate and parathyroid hormone.

IL-6, interleukin-6; CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; SD, standard deviation