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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2018 Apr 30;72(1):70–76. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11060

Table 1.

Baseline (Year 20 Exam) Characteristics by Quartile of C-terminal Fibroblast Growth Factor-23

Plasma C-Terminal Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 (RU/ml)

Characteristics Overall 29.8–62.0 62.1–77.0 77.1–103.2 ≥103.3 P Value
N 1758 439 (25.0%) 437 (24.9%) 443 (25.2%) 439 (25.0%)
Age, years 45.0 ± 3.7 44.9 ± 3.6 44.9 ± 3.6 45.2 ± 3.6 44.8 ± 3.8 0.8809
Female 1017 (57.8%) 223 (50.8%) 209 (47.8%) 238 (53.7%) 347 (79.0%) <.0001
Black 648 (36.9%) 169 (38.5%) 141 (32.3%) 149 (33.6%) 189 (43.1%) 0.1458
Education, years 15.4 ± 2.6 15.5 ± 2.6 15.7 ± 2.6 15.3 ± 2.5 15.1 ± 2.6 0.0036
BMI, kg/m2 27.7 ± 6.2 27.0 ± 7.1 27.4 ± 5.5 28.1 ± 5.5 28.3 ± 6.3 0.0003
Physical Activity Score* 367.2 ± 285.2 383.0 ± 265.6 383.2 ± 291.8 371.4 ± 293.6 331.2 ± 286.7 0.0061
Smoking Status 0.0002
  Former 349 (20.0%) 81 (18.6%) 84 (19.3%) 102 (23.2%) 82 (19.0%)
  Current 287 (16.5%) 58 (13.3%) 58 (13.3%) 80 (18.2%) 91 (21.1%)
Alcohol, ml/day 10.2 ± 19.4 11.8 ± 25.0 11.5 ± 20.1 9.8 ± 16.2 7.6 ± 14.5 0.0006
Triglycerides, mg/dL 99.0 ± 66.7 90.7 ± 57.5 104.4 ± 79.2 103.5 ± 69.0 97.5 ± 57.6 0.1710
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL 55.5 ± 16.6 56.6 ± 15.8 54.8 ± 17.8 53.9 ± 16.0 56.8 ± 16.7 0.9090
Triglycerides/HDL Ratio 1.5 (1.0–2.5) 1.3 (0.9–2.1) 1.6 (1.0–2.8) 1.6 (1.0–2.7) 1.5 (0.9–2.5) 0.3075
Glucose, mg/dL 95.4 ± 15.5 94.6 ± 15.4 94.8 ± 10.9 96.7 ± 14.6 95.4 ± 19.7 0.2191
Diabetes 71 (4.1%) 12 (2.7%) 15 (3.4%) 19 (4.3%) 25 (5.7%) 0.0209
eGFR, ml/min/1.72m2 97.7 ± 16.0 99.6 ± 15.7 97.1 ± 15.6 95.2 ± 15.7 98.8 ± 16.8 0.2254
eGFR < 60 2 (0.1%) 1 (0.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.2%) 0.9983
Urine ACR, mg/g 4.1 (2.9–6.1) 4.1 (2.8–5.6) 3.9 (2.7–5.7) 4.0 (2.9–6.3) 4.4 (3.1–6.9) <.0001
Urine ACR ≥ 30 61 (3.6%) 10 (2.3%) 10 (2.3%) 14 (3.2%) 27 (6.5%) 0.0009
SBP, mmHg 109.4 ± 9.3 109.9 ± 9.3 109.4 ± 9.3 109.6 ± 9.3 108.7 ± 9.3 0.0918
DBP, mmHg 67.1 ± 7.2 67.0 ± 7.0 66.9 ± 7.3 67.5 ± 7.3 67.1 ± 7.3 0.6095

Values are expressed as n (%), mean (SD) and median (25th – 75th percentile). P values are for trend.

*

Total Physical Activity Score in exercise units.

BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high density lipoprotein; ACR, albumin to creatinine ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.