Associations between Pulse Wave Velocity, Aortic Vascular Calcification, and Bone Mineral Density in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients and General Population

Table 4

Correlation between vascular calcification, bone mineral density, and arterial stiffness: univariate regression analysis in the GPP group.

	GPP
	PWV		Aortic VC		BMD (FN)
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃
PWV	—	—	0.89	<0.001	−0.45	<0.001
Age	0.86	<0.001	0.85	<0.001	−0.51	<0.001
BMI	−0.11	ns	−0.11	ns	−0.36	0.005
Haemoglobin	−0.50	<0.001	−0.53	<0.001	0.26	0.047
Albumin	−0.51	<0.001	−0.51	<0.001	0.28	0.027
C-reactive protein	0.37	0.004	0.36	0.005	−0.38	0.003
ALP	0.30	0.021	−0.33	0.009	−0.04	ns
PTH	−0.03	ns	−0.03	ns	0.11	ns
Calcium	−0.20	ns	−0.19	ns	0.10	ns
Ca ionized	−0.22	0.092	−0.20	0.098	0.18	ns
Ca × P	−0.18	ns	−0.12	ns	0.11	ns
Urea	0.29	0.024	0.05	0.013	−0.18	ns
Creatinine	−0.11	ns	−0.11	ns	0.42	ns
Cholesterol	−0.14	ns	−0.19	ns	0.05	ns
HDL-Ch.	−0.04	ns	−0.12	ns	0.01	ns
LDL-Ch.	−0.11	ns	−0.08	ns	0.02	ns
Triglycerides	−0.08	ns	−0.18	ns	0.11	ns

Statistically significant values P < 0.05 in bold; all P < 0.1 in underline; ns: nonsignificant (𝑃≥0.10).
PWV: pulse wave velocity; VC: vascular calcification; BMD: bone mineral density; FN: femur neck; BMI: body mass index; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; PTH: parathyroid hormone; Ca: calcium; Ca × P: calcium × phosphate product; HDL-Ch.: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-Ch.: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.