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Table 1 Characteristics of study patients at baseline

From: Comparison of the effects of lanthanum carbonate and calcium carbonate on the progression of cardiac valvular calcification after initiation of hemodialysis

 

LC (n = 24)

CC (n = 26)

p value

Age (year)

66.9 ± 14.9

62.4 ± 14.4

0.27

Male (%)

21 (88)

15 (58)

0.04

BMI (kg/m2)

24.5 ± 3.4

23.5 ± 3.5

0.29

SBP (mmHg)

146.9 ± 18.2

148.2 ± 19.5

0.82

DBP (mmHg)

70.7 ± 13.8

75.1 ± 15.5

0.30

PP (bpm)

76.2 ± 19.1

73.0 ± 14.2

0.51

smoking (%)

16 (67)

17 (65)

1.00

Diabetes (%)

14 (58)

8 (31)

0.09

CVD (%)

4 (17)

5 (19)

1.00

Vitamin D (%)

8 (33)

8 (31)

1.00

Statin (%)

11 (46)

19 (73)

0.09

ACE-I/ARB (%)

13 (54)

16 (62)

0.81

Warfarin (%)

0 (0)

4 (15)

0.14

Hb (g/dL)

9.0 ± 1.2

8.7 ± 1.2

0.41

Alb (g/dL)

3.3 ± 0.6

3.4 ± 0.5

0.89

BUN (mg/dL)

88.3 ± 24.3

94.0 ± 27.2

0.44

Cr (mg/dL)

8.8 ± 1.9

8.5 ± 1.7

0.62

cCa (mg/dL)

8.5 ± 0.8

8.4 ± 0.8

0.73

P (mg/dL)

6.0 ± 1.3

5.9 ± 1.5

0.89

CRP (mg/dL)

0.46 ± 0.86

0.54 ± 0.74

0.75

LDL-C (mg/dL)

86.0 ± 37.2

86.8 ± 30.6

0.94

iPTH (pg/mL)

216.0 (128.5–531.8)

281.0 (217.8–422.5)

0.70

iFGF23 (pg/mL)

737.5 (456.8–1875.9)

588.1 (264.5–1880.6)

0.57

EF (%)

66.1 ± 6.0

62.1 ± 9.0

0.07

LVMI (g/m2)

157.5 ± 45.0

172.1 ± 53.6

0.30

IMT (mm)

1.0 (0.9–1.4)

0.9 (0.6–1.4)

0.34

PS

6.7 (3.8–14.1)

5.6 (1.3–11.6)

0.28

  1. Values are presented as the median and interquartile or mean ± SD
  2. LC lanthanum carbonate group, CC calcium carbonate, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, PR pulse pressure, CVD cardiac vascular disease, ACE-I/ARB angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin II receptor blocker, Hb hemoglobin, Alb albumin, Cr creatinine, BUN blood urea nitrogen, cCa corrected calcium, P phosphorus, CRP C-reactive protein, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, iFGF23 intact fibroblast growth factor 23, EF ejection fraction, LVMI left ventricular mass index, IMT intima-media thickness, PS plaque score