Hyperphosphatemia and hs-CRP Initiate the Coronary Artery Calcification in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Table 2

Laboratory characteristics of the peritoneal dialysis patients.

	Coronary artery calcification			value
	Noninitiation ()	Initiation ()	Total ()
Hemoglobin (g/L)				0.398
iPTH (ng/dL)				0.121
Adjusted calcium (mg/dL)				0.633
Phosphorus (mg/dL)				<0.001
Transferrin (g/L)				0.615
Ferritin (ug/L)				0.511
Fibrinogen (g/L)				0.019
Pro-BNP (pg/mL)	1987 (758, 5591)	2298 (784, 11154)	2191 (767, 8755)	0.362
Serum creatinine (umol/L)				0.011
BUN (mmol/L)				0.428
UA (mmol/L)				0.087
AKP (U/L)				0.586
Albumin (g/L)				0.944
nPCR (g/kgd)				0.031
hs-CRP(mg/dL)				0.005
HbA1C				0.070
Homa-IR				0.105
Cholesterol (mg/dL)				0.987
Triglycerides (mg/dL)				0.027
LDL (mg/dL)				0.499
HDL (mg/dL)				<0.001
Lipidprotein A (mg/dL)				0.879
25-OH-VitD (nmol/L)				0.59
Glucose reabsorption (g/W/m^2)				0.144
Adjusted total ccr (L/W)				0.057
Adjusted PD ccr (L/W)				0.313
Adjusted residual CCR (L/W)				0.056

iPTH: intact parathyroid hormone; pro-BNP: pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; UA: uric acid; AKP: alkaline phosphatase; nPCR: normalized protein catabolic rate; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; Ccr: creatinine clearance rate; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; Lp (a): lipoprotein (a); glucose reabsorption: the glucose reabsorption per week adjusted by body surface area.