Research Article
Hyperphosphatemia and hs-CRP Initiate the Coronary Artery Calcification in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the peritoneal dialysis patients.
| | | Coronary artery calcification | value | | | Noninitiation () | Initiation () | Total () |
| | Age (years) | | | | 0.749 | | Gender (male) | 45.9% | 57.6% | 51.40% | 0.335 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | 0.087 | | Smoking | 23.5% | 41.9% | 32.30% | 0.116 | | Cause of ESRD | | | | 0.241 | | Glomerulonephritis | 89.2% | 78.8% | 84.30% | | | Diabetes mellitus | 8.1% | 15.2% | 11.40% | | | Others | 2.7% | 6.1% | 4.30% | | | SBP (mmHg) | | | | 0.030 | | DBP (mmHg) | | | | 0.322 | | CAPD | 91.9% | 93.9% | 92.90% | 0.742 | | CVD | 8.1% | 24.2% | 15.70% | 0.066 | | All-cause deaths | 2.7% | 15.2% | 8.60% | 0.065 | | Follow-up time (months) | | | | 0.351 | | Baseline duration of PD (months) | | | | 0.638 | | CACS-initiated | 0 (0, 0) | 29.6 (16.6, 100.7) | 0.9 (0, 25.9) | <0.001 | | Calcitrol | 83.8% | 54.5% | 70.0% | 0.008 | | Statin | 62.2% | 42.4% | 52.9% | 0.101 | | Calcium carbonate | 75.7% | 69.7% | 72.90% | 0.577 |
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BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; CAPD: continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; CVD: cardiovascular disease; CACS-initiated: the CACS we detected firstly when coronary artery calcification occurred.
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