Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Predicts Left Ventricular Mass and Induces Cell Adhesion Molecule Formation

Table 1

Comparison of the baseline characteristics between the patients with CKD and control patients with essential hypertension (EH).

	CKD (𝑛=48)	EH (𝑛=27)	P value
Age (years)	60±12	55.5±9.5	0.072
Male sex	75% (𝑛=36)	74% (𝑛=20)	0.94
DM nephropathy	62% (𝑛=30)	NA
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	30.2±11	94.4±11.1	<0.001
LVMI	81.2 (70.2–97.6)	86 (71.6–99.6)	0.419
Systolic BP (mmHg)	148.8±22.9	152.29±19.9	0.48
Diastolic BP	81.8±12	94.4±11.1	<0.001
Phosphate (mmol/L)	1.2±0.2	0.99±0..22	<0.001
Vitamin D (ng/mL)	13 (5–20)	20.5 (14–26.8)	0.004
FGF-23 (RU/mL)	237.9 (109.6–393.3)	12.5 (1.5–35.9)	<0.001
PTH (pg/mL)	14.5 (6.7–21.6)	5.7 (4.8–7.3)	<0.001
Calcium (mmol/L)	2.38±0.1	2.4±0.07	0.096
Ur PRC (mg/mmol)	82.5 (19.75–218)	NA