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

Table 5

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

	CHP
	PWV		Aortic VC		BMD (FN)
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃
PWV	—	—	0.90	<0.001	−0.17	0.098
Age	0.59	<0.001	0.73	<0.001	0.07	ns
BMI	−0.08	ns	−0.07	ns	−0.36	0.005
Haemoglobin	−0.31	0.01	−0.48	0.009	−0.16	0.076
Albumin	−0.18	0.094	−0.17	0.097	0.30	0.006
C-reactive protein	0.37	<0.001	0.34	0.002	−0.14	0.062
ALP	0.22	0.047	−0.39	0.015	−0.14	ns
PTH	0.07	ns	0.07	ns	−0.10	ns
Calcium	0.05	ns	0.07	ns	−0.03	ns
Ca ionized	−0.03	ns	0.004	ns	−0.03	ns
Ca × P	0.06	ns	−0.18	0.095	0.13	ns
Urea	0.12	ns	0.05	ns	−0.15	ns
Creatinine	0.02	ns	−0.08	ns	0.04	ns
Cholesterol	−0.05	ns	−0.13	ns	−0.10	ns
HDL-Ch.	−0.13	ns	−0.13	ns	−0.09	ns
LDL-Ch.	−0.17	ns	0.24	0.027	−0.08	ns
Triglycerides	0.28	0.035	−0.18	ns	−0.01	ns
HD duration	0.52	<0.001	0.27	0.015	−0.27	0.015

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. HD: hemodialysis.