Table 4.

Correlations between fetuin-A, m-CIMT, and study parameters.

Variables	r	P
	Fetuin-A
BMI	0.30	<0.001
Hemoglobin	0.37	<0.001
Albumin	0.26	<0.001
Total cholesterol	0.12	0.05
Creatinine	–0.80	<0.001
Phosphorus	–0.48	<0.001
Ca × P	–0.46	<0.001
iPTH	–0.41	<0.001
hs-CRP	–0.16	0.01
VCS	–0.40	<0.001
m-CIMT	–0.37	<0.001
	m-CIMT
Age	0.14	0.02
VCS	0.34	<0.001
Creatinine	0.29	<0.001
Phosphorus	0.15	0.02
hs-CRP	0.14	0.02
BMI	–0.13	0.04
Hemoglobin	–0.30	<0.001
Calcium	–0.13	0.03
Albumin	–0.13	0.03
Fetuin-A	–0.37	<0.001
	VCS
Duration of dialysis	0.25	0.003
Creatinine	0.28	<0.001
Phosphorus	0.16	0.009
Ca × P	0.16	0.01
iPTH	0.19	0.002
hs-CRP	0.15	0.01
BMI	–0.19	0.003
Hemoglobin	–0.19	0.003
Albumin	–0.26	<0.001
Fetuin-A	–0.40	<0.001

BMI: body mass index, Ca × P: calcium–phosphorus product, iPTH: intact Parathormone, hs-CRP: highly sensitive CRP, VCS: vascular calcification score, m-CIMT: mean carotid intimamedia thickness.