Table 5.
Pearson’s correlation between selected variables.
| r 1 (P 2) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Baseline eGFR | Baseline CIMT | BMI | Cholesterol | CRP | Calcium | 25-hydroxyvitamin D | PTH | Phosphorus |
| Baseline eGFR | −0.77 (<0.001) | −0.63 (<0.001) | 0.44 (<0.001) | −0.37 (<0.001) | 0.57 (<0.001) | 0.95 (<0.001) | −0.94 (<0.001) | −0.67 (<0.001) | |
| Baseline CIMT | 0.39 (<0.001) | 0.32 (0.002) | 0.25 (0.020) | −0.45 (<0.001) | −0.73 (<0.001) | 0.72 (<0.001) | 0.46 (<0.001) | ||
| BMI | 0.23 (0.023) | 0.27 (0.006) | −0.37 (<0.001) | −0.62 (<0.001) | 0.57 (<0.001) | 0.50 (<0.001) | |||
| Cholesterol | 0.11 (0.265) | −0.20 (0.043) | −0.40 (<0.001) | 0.33 (0.001) | 0.19 (0.059) | ||||
| CRP | −0.31 (0.002) | −0.40 (<0.001) | 0.35 (<0.001) | 0.33 (0.001) | |||||
| Calcium | 0.57 (<0.001) | −0.58 (<0.001) | −0.33 (0.001) | ||||||
| 25-hydroxyvitamin D | −0.94 (<0.001) | −0.67 (<0.001) | |||||||
| PTH | 0.68 (0.001) | ||||||||
1 r-value indicates Pearson’s correlation coefficient; 2 Pearson’s correlation test. Legend: BMI–body mass index; CIMT–carotid intima-media thickness; CRP–C-reactive protein; eGFR–estimated glomerular filtration rate; PTH—parathyroid hormone.