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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Endocrinol. 2022 May 12;187(1):39–47. doi: 10.1530/EJE-21-0891

Table 1:

Characteristics of ARIC Study participants in late-life (visit 5, 2011–2013). Data are presented as n (%) or as mean ±S.D.

Characteristics Overall Quartile of 18-year change in FGF23 from midlife to late-life, pg/mL
Q1: ≤6.4 Q2: 6.5 to 17.3 Q3: 17.4 to 31.2 Q4: ≥31.3
n 5458 1364 1365 1364 1365
Age, years 76 ±5.2 75 ± 5.1 75 ± 4.9 76 ±5.2 76 ±5.3
Females 3172 (58) 709 (52) 778 (57) 817 (60) 868 (64)
Black 1159 (21) 333 (24) 272 (20) 273 (20) 281 (21)
Ever smoke 3156 (58) 817 (60) 789 (58) 766 (56) 784 (57)
Systolic BP mmHg 130 ± 18 131± 18 130± 18 130±18 130± 19
Diabetes 1784 (33) 435 (32) 388 (28) 422 (31) 539 (40)
Medication use
 Antihypertensive 4095 (75) 931 (68) 953 (70) 1053 (77) 1158 (85)
 Vitamin D 1501 (28) 302 (22) 339 (25) 397 (29) 463 (34)
 Calcium 1437 (26) 297 (22) 333 (24) 384 (28) 423 (31)
 Iron 232 (4.3) 62 (4.5) 45 (3.3) 46 (3.4) 79 (5.8)
Past medical history
 Prevalent HF 692 (13) 157 (12) 137 (10) 168 (12) 230 (17)
 Prevalent CHD 809 (15) 173 (13) 190 (14) 178 (13) 268 (20)
 Prevalent stroke 208 (3.8) 53 (3.9) 33 (2.4) 48 (3.5) 74 (5.4)
Laboratory tests
 Total cholesterol, mg/dL 181± 42 181± 42 183± 41 182± 41 179± 44
 HDL cholesterol, mg/dL 52± 14 52± 14 53 ± 14 52 ± 13 51±13
 Calcium, mg/dL 9.4 ± 0.4 9.3± 0.4 9.3± 0.4 9.4± 0.4 9.5± 0.4
 Phosphate, mg/dL 3.5 ± 0.4 3.4± 0.4 3.4± 0.4 3.5 ± 0.4 3.6± 0.5
 FGF23 at visit 3, pg/mL 40± 19 49 ± 30 37± 12 36 ± 12 38 ± 14
 FGF23 at visit 5, pg/mL 61±26 44±16 49±12 59± 12 89±30
 eGFR at visit 3, ml/min/1.73m2 87± 13 86± 13 88± 13 88± 13 86± 14
 eGFR at visit 5, ml/min/1.73m2 65±18 72±16 70± 16 65± 16 55± 18

eGFR and FGF23 at visit 3 were based on data in 1993–1995. Between-group difference based on ANOVA or chi-square test was significant (p<0.05) for all variables except for ever smoke (p=0.3), systolic blood pressure (p=0.3), and total cholesterol (p=0.07). To covert to SI units, multiply total cholesterol and HDL cholesterol by 0.026, calcium by 0.250, and phosphate by 0.323. Abbreviations: ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; FGF23, fibroblast growth factor-23; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.