Research Article

Association between Bone Mineral Density and Severity of Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 1

Comparison of sample characteristics between those with chronic kidney disease according to current chronic kidney disease status.

Healthy (N = 9478)CKD group (N = 1572) value1Stage I (N = 532)Stage II (N = 381)Stage III (N = 597)Stage IV (N = 62) value2

Age, years (mean±SD)45.71 ± 15.3860.42 ± 16.68<0.00145.44 ± 13.6863.38 ± 13.4871.18 ± 10.3967.11 ± 12.68<0.0001

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)98.21 ± 18.0174.76 ± 28.79<0.001108.18 ± 11.8876.03 ± 8.6750.07 ± 7.6317.90 ± 8.69<0.0001

BMI, kg/m2(mean±SD)27.99 ± 5.5528.69 ± 5.94<0.00129.14 ± 6.8528.64 ± 5.6228.36 ± 5.2528.22 ± 5.540.148

FN BMD (g/cm2)0.96 ± 0.170.91 ± 0.18<0.00010.96 ± 0.170.90 ± 0.190.88 ± 0.170.82 ± 0.19<0.0001

LS BMD (g/cm2)1.03 ± 0.151.03 ± 0.180.1141.04 ± 0.151.02 ± 0.181.02 ± 0.191.05 ± 0.200.227

Laboratorial test
Albumin (g/dl)4.27 ± 0.314.16 ± 0.34<0.0014.19 ± 0.364.19 ± 0.334.14 ± 0.313.93 ± 0.49<0.0001
Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)68.11 ± 22.6874.96 ± 31.41<0.00175.48 ± 38.0375.83 ± 27.4571.91 ± 25.1394.47 ± 38.26<0.0001
Total calcium (mg/dL)9.45 ± 0.359.46 ± 0.410.4249.44 ± 0.399.51 ± 0.409.46 ± 0.399.26 ± 0.55<0.0001
Phosphorus (mg/dL)3.76 ± 0.553.77 ± 0.620.7243.71 ± 0.563.69 ± 0.573.77 ± 0.564.63 ± 1.13<0.0001
25(OH)D326.02 ± 9.826.81 ± 9.70.12326.72 ± 9.627.22 ± 9.526.89 ± 9.626.62 ± 10.10.248
Glycohemoglobin, %5.56 ± 0.846.21 ± 1.60<0.0016.34 ± 1, 966.35 ± 1.736.01 ± 1.056.26 ± 1.690.01

Gender (n, %)0.091<0.0001
Male4782 (50.5%)757 (48.2%)205 (38.5%)197 (51.7%)324 (54.3%)31 (50.0%)
Female4696 (49.5%)815 (51.8%)327 (61.5%)184 (48.3%)273 (45.7%)31 (50.0%)

Race (n, %)<0.001<0.0001
Non-Hispanic white1915 (20.2%)274 (17.4%)157 (29.5%)62 (16.3%)50 (8.4%)5 (8.1%)
Non-Hispanic black903 (9.5%)132 (8.4%)58 (10.9%)35 (9.2%)37 (6.2%)2 (3.2%)
Mexican–American4486 (47.3%)768 (48.9%)170 (32.0%)187 (49.1%)389 (65.2%)22 (35.5%)
Other Hispanic1743 (18.4%)343 (21.8%)120 (22.6%)83 (21.8%)109 (18.3%)31 (50.0%)
Other race431 (4.5%)55 (3.5%)27 (5.1%)14 (3.6%)12 (2.0%)2 (3.2%)

Fracture history (n, %)
Previous hip fracture100 (1.1%)31 (2.0%)0.0088 (1.5%)10 (2.6%)13 (2.2%)0.615
Previous wrist fracture825 (8.7%)156 (9.9%)0.29039 (7.3%)44 (11.5%)66 (11.1%)7 (11.3%)0.159
Previous spine fracture150 (1.6%)29 (1.8%)0.5108 (1.5%)7 (1.8%)14 (2.3%)0.714
Previous other site fractures1940 (20.5%)368 (23.4%)0.02596 (18.0%)97 (25.5%)157 (26.3%)18 (29.0%)0.022

Lifetime smoking (n, %)0.0110.247
<100 cigarettes4314 (45.5%)770 (49.0%)246 (46.2%)187 (49.1%)301 (50.4%)36 (58.1%)
≥100 cigarettes5164 (54.5%)802 (51.0%)286 (53.8%)194 (50.9%)296 (49.6%)26 (41.9%)

Menopause (n, %)1731 (18.3%)506 (32.2%)<0.00198 (18.4%)131 (34.4%)254 (42.5%)23 (37.1%)<0.0001

Medication (n, %)
Antiresorptive drugs103 (1.1%)43 (2.7%)<0.0013 (0.6%)12 (3.1%)27 (4.5%)1 (1.6%)<0.0001
ACEI815 (8.6%)391 (24.9%)<0.00178 (14.7%)106 (27.8%)188 (31.5%)19 (30.6%)<0.0001
Estrogen91 (1.0%)18 (1.1%)0.8921 (0.2%)6 (1.6%)10 (1.7%)1 (1.6%)<0.0001
Loop diuretics95 (1.0%)126 (8.0%)<0.0018 (1.5%)24 (6.3%)74 (12.4%)21 (33.9%)<0.0001
Glucocorticoids381 (4.0%)108 (6.9%)<0.00128 (5.3%)18 (4.7%)52 (8.7%)10 (16.1%)<0.0001

Known comorbidities (n, %)
Diabetes mellitus645 (6.8%)399 (25.4%)<0.001125 (23.5%)113 (29.7%)132 (22.1%)29 (46.8%)<0.0001
Coronary heart disease206 (2.2%)141 (9.0%)<0.00113 (2.4%)43 (11.3%)69 (11.6%)16 (25.8%)<0.0001
Arthritis1995 (21.0%)570 (36.3%)<0.001112 (21.1%)146 (38.3%)281 (47.1%)31 (50.0%)<0.001
Congestive heart failure89 (0.9%)74 (4.7%)<0.0019 (1.7%)24 (6.3%)31 (5.2%)10 (16.1%)<0.0001
Stroke176 (1.9%)113 (7.2%)<0.00116 (3.0%)28 (7.3%)55 (9.2%)14 (22.6%)<0.0001
Chronic bronchitis471 (5.0%)129 (8.2%)<0.00132 (6.0%)31 (8.1%)59 (9.9%)7 (11.3%)0.061
Year cycles (n, %)
2005–20062368 (25.0%)447 (28.4%)<0.001126 (23.7%)97 (25.5%)206 (34.5%)18 (29.0%)<0.0001
2007–20082662 (28.1%)492 (31.3%)<0.001180 (33.8%)113 (29.7%)183 (30.7%)16 (25.8%)0.384
2009–20103068 (32.4%)389 (24.7%)<0.001143 (26.9%)89 (23.4%)143 (24.0%)14 (22.6%)0.562
2013–20141380 (14.6%)244 (15.5%)0.31983 (15.6%)82 (21.5%)65 (10.9%)14 (22.6%)<0.0001

Values are the means ± SE or n (%), as appropriate. values1 by Student’s t tests or nonparametric tests for continuous variables and the Chi-square test for categorical variables; was considered statistically significant. values2 by analysis of variance (ANOVA) for continuous variables and the Chi-squared test for categorical variables; was considered statistically significant. FN, femoral neck; LS, lumbar spine; BMD, bone mineral density; CKD: chronic kidney disease; NHANES: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; 25(OH)D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3.