Table 3.
Basic characteristics of patients in tertiles of fetuin-A concentration.
| All patients (n = 238) | Fetuin-A tertile (ng/mL) | P | |||
| 0.30–10.59 (n = 79) | 10.60–61.99 (n = 81) | 62.00–79.00 (n = 78) | |||
| Age (years) | 53.00 ± 11.43 | 52.94 ± 13.14 | 51.94 ± 11.72 | 54.15 ± 9.04 | 0.475 |
| Sex (woman %) | 41 | 38 | 38.3 | 47.4 | 0.393 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.06 ± 5.37 | 24.60 ± 5.09 | 25.78 ± 6.01 | 27.83 ± 4.43 | 0.001 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 4.18 ± 0.48 | 4.11 ± 0.41 | 4.12 ± 0.54 | 4.32 ± 0.46 | 0.009 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.43 ± 1.74 | 10.79 ± 1.63 | 11.40 ± 1.83 | 12.10 ± 1.50 | <0.001 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 5.95 ± 3.95 | 9.19 ± 2.86 | 6.29 ± 3.76 | 2.33 ± 0.95 | <0.001 |
| Calcium (mg/dL) | 8.92 ± 0.68 | 8.93 ± 0.81 | 8.82 ± 0.67 | 9.00 ± 0.54 | 0.270 |
| Phosphorus (mg/dL) | 4.58 ± 1.32 | 5.18 ± 1.36 | 4.67 ± 1.40 | 3.87 ± 0.76 | <0.001 |
| Ca × P (mg2/dL2) | 40.76 ± 12.18 | 46.28 ± 13.03 | 41.32 ± 13.08 | 34.60 ± 6.09 | <0.001 |
| iPTH (ng/mL) | 303.69 ± 352.21 | 473.06 ± 433.17 | 297.49 ± 347.00 | 138.59 ± 97.78 | <0.001 |
| VCS | 1.27 ± 1.82 | 1.81 ± 2.16 | 1.56 ± 1.86 | 0.42 ± 0.85 | <0.001 |
| Hs-CRP (mg/dL) | 0.70 ± 0.87 | 0.80 ± 0.92 | 0.75 ± 1.01 | 0.55 ± 0.60 | 0.173 |
| Total chol. (mg/dL) | 183.89 ± 41.01 | 180.09 ± 39.24 | 177.63 ± 44.68 | 194.24 ± 37.12 | 0.022 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 176.91 ± 98.69 | 190.72 ± 132.69 | 168.31 ± 74.09 | 171.86 ± 78.36 | 0.308 |
| m-CIMT (mm) | 0.82 ± 0.42 | 0.97 ± 0.34 | 0.85 ± 0.37 | 0.62 ± 0.47 | <0.001 |
Data presented as mean ± SD; BMI: body mass index, Cax × P: calcium–phosphorus product, iPTH: intact Parathormone, VCS: vascular calcification score, Hs-CRP: highly sensitive CRP, Total chol.: total cholesterol, m-CIMT: mean carotid intima-media thickness.