| Age (years) | 45.82 ± 10.85 | NA | NA | 51.28 ± 13.29 | NA | NA | 0.19 |
| Gender M/F | 5/12 | NA | NA | 9/9 | NA | NA | 0.21 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.59 ± 2.59 | 25.00 ± 2.66 | 0.09 | 25.56 ± 5.18 | 24.03 ± 7.63 | 0.36 | 0.49 |
| Waist/Hip | 0.82 ± 0.07 | 0.80 ± 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.86 ± 0.10 | 0.93 ± 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 125.53 ± 12.39 | 119.76 ± 10.62 | 0.02 | 131.94 ± 11.79 | 130.44 ± 10.20 | 0.61 | 0.13 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 77.24 ± 7.61 | 76.24 ± 8.70 | 0.64 | 82.17 ± 9.22 | 80.56 ± 7.45 | 0.40 | 0.10 |
| Smoking status past/present/never | 0/6/11 | NA | NA | 0/4/14 | NA | NA | 0.39 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0 | NA | NA | 3 | NA | NA | 0.08 |
| History of IHD | 0 | NA | NA | 0 | NA | NA | NA |
| Dyslipidaemia | 3 | NA | NA | 10 | NA | NA | 0.02 |
| Haemoglobin (g/L) | 134.29 ± 11.86 | 138.71 ± 9.31 | 0.02 | 135.33 ± 18.01 | 135.72 ± 15.11 | 0.85 | 0.84 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 39.35 ± 2.47 | 40.12 ± 2.32 | 0.19 | 38.11 ± 2.72 | 38.83 ± 2.96 | 0.34 | 0.17 |
| Urea (mmol/L) | 4.26 ± 0.95 | 4.60 ± 1.11 | 0.16 | 7.31 ± 2.15 | 7.83 ± 2.67 | 0.05 | < 0.01 |
| Creatinine (mcmol/L) | 69.65 ± 16.63 | 69.65 ± 15.66 | 1.00 | 104.39 ± 33.68 | 108.94 ± 31.53 | 0.14 | < 0.01 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) | 97.59 ± 15.59 | 97.29 ± 15.55 | 0.83 | 67.61 ± 20.25 | 61.56 ± 19.70 | 0.02 | < 0.01 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.14 ± 1.13 | 5.34 ± 1.21 | 0.16 | 4.54 ± 0.96 | 4.84 ± 1.45 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
| HDL (mmol/L) | 1.71 ± 0.56 | 1.75 ± 0.62 | 0.51 | 1.69 ± 0.55 | 1.73 ± 0.58 | 0.30 | 0.92 |
| LDL (mmol/L) | 3.24 ± 1.71 | 3.07 ± 0.89 | 0.63 | 2.29 ± 0.85 | 2.56 ± 1.25 | 0.29 | 0.04 |
| Total cholesterol/HDL | 3.29 ± 1.27 | 3.32 ± 1.26 | 0.78 | 3.00 ± 1.28 | 3.03 ± 1.18 | 0.84 | 0.50 |
| Non-HDL (mmol/L) | 3.44 ± 1.04 | 3.60 ± 1.04 | 0.09 | 2.85 ± 1.06 | 3.11 ± 1.37 | 0.34 | 0.11 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.05 ± 0.58 | 1.05 ± 0.70 | 0.97 | 1.24 ± 0.72 | 1.32 ± 0.74 | 0.55 | 0.56 |
| Glucose (mmol/L) | 4.71 ± 0.39 | 4.82 ± 0.40 | 0.35 | 5.74 ± 1.03 | 5.69 ± 1.34 | 0.80 | < 0.01 |
| Corrected calcium (mmol/L) | 2.35 ± 0.05 | 2.39 ± 0.07 | 0.03 | 2.46 ± 0.08 | 2.46 ± 0.07 | 0.86 | < 0.01 |
| Inorganic phosphate (mmol/L) | 1.11 ± 0.13 | 1.17 ± 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.99 ± 0.19 | 1.04 ± 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.03 |
| PTH (pmol/L) | 4.98 ± 1.57 | 4.53 ± 1.09 | 0.19 | 8.38 ± 3.68 | 9.42 ± 6.46 | 0.31 | < 0.01 |
| Vitamin D (nmol/L) | 43.65 ± 22.03 | 67.41 ± 30.41 | < 0.01 | 57.56 ± 25.21 | 66.50 ± 27.04 | 0.04 | 0.09 |
| Troponin T (ng/L) | 2.35 ± 1.46 | 2.76 ± 1.72 | 0.13 | 8.33 ± 4.94 | 8.39 ± 4.85 | 0.91 | < 0.01 |
| NT-pro-BNP (ng/L) | 43.65 ± 25.57 | 40.41 ± 40.53 | 0.62 | 190.72 ± 172.10 | 189.44 ± 181.07 | 0.96 | < 0.01 |
| hsCRP (mgl/L) | 1.90 ± 3.51 | 1.19 ± 1.64 | 0.45 | 2.58 ± 2.95 | 1.66 ± 1.68 | 0.19 | 0.54 |
| Iron (mcmol/L) | 18.75 ± 6.40 | 21.56 ± 7.72 | 0.06 | 15.50 ± 5.87 | 17.44 ± 6.12 | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| Transferrin (g/L) | 2.82 ± 0.32 | 2.83 ± 0.36 | 0.78 | 2.18 ± 0.32 | 2.25 ± 0.37 | 0.17 | 0.23 |
| Ferritin (mcmol/L) | 82.69 ± 78.98 | 87.69 ± 73.04 | 0.55 | 452.61 ± 1179.15 | 291.72 ± 579.02 | 0.28 | < 0.01 |
| Transferrin saturation (%) | 27.50 ± 11.27 | 31.19 ± 12.58 | 0.08 | 29.44 ± 13.17 | 31.61 ± 11.37 | 0.48 | 0.54 |
| ACR (mg/mmol) | 0.49 ± 1.35 | 0.34 ± 0.78 | 0.76 | 5.53 ± 5.46 | 5.58 ± 7.20 | 0.97 | < 0.01 |
| PCR (mg/mmol) | 11.12 ± 5.13 | 11.35 ± 3.82 | 0.87 | 15.58 ± 8.89 | 17.20 ± 10.83 | 0.36 | 0.05 |
