Research Article

Serum Osteopontin Level Correlates with Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity in Geriatric Persons

Table 1

Clinical and analytical characteristics of 93 geriatric adults.

ItemParameterParameter

Anthropometric findingsHeight (cm)159.51 ± 8.21Waist circumference (cm)91.70 ± 10.94
Body weight (kg)64.62 ± 10.47 Age (year)72.16 ± 5.39
Body mass index (kg/m2)25.43 ± 3.85SBP (mmHg) 131.74 ± 18.13
DBP (mmHg)70.85 ± 7.38Pulse pressure (mmHg)60.89 ± 16.66

Biochemical findingsTriglyceride (mg/dL)134.58 ± 76.34Total cholesterol (mg/dL)173.41 ± 36.05
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)127.31 ± 49.86HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)47.15 ± 12.59
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)102.90 ± 33.72Creatinine (mg/dL)1.19 ± 0.36
BUN (mg/dL)18.13 ± 6.85GFR (mL/min)63.88 ± 20.16
Total calcium (mg/dL)9.10 ± 0.38Phosphorus (mg/dL)3.45 ± 0.48
Ca × P product (mg2/dL2)31.37 ± 4.56iPTH (pg/mL)58.83 ± 34.10
CRP (mg/dL)0.30 ± 0.37Osteopontin (ng/mL)280.16 ± 230.86

Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations.
SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; Ca × P product, calcium-phosphorus product; iPTH, intact parathyroid hormone; CRP, C-reactive protein.