Warfarin Accelerates Aortic Calcification by Upregulating Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype Maker Expression

Table 1

Baseline characteristics according to absence and presence of AC in patients from MESA.

	AC,	No AC,	value
Demographics
Age (yr)			<0.01
Gender, male (%)	59	45	0.03
Metabolic syndrome (%)	40	38	0.04
Hypertension (%)	53	48	0.02
Diabetes mellitus (%)	34	28	0.02
Body mass index (kg/m^2)			0.17
SASP
IL-6 (mg/dL)			<0.01
TNF-α (mg/dL)			<0.01
Biochemical index
Total homocysteine (μmol/L)			<0.01
Glucose (mmol/L)			0.03
Cholesterol (mmol/L)			0.35
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)			0.04
Vitamin K intake (μg)			<0.01
Calcification score
Agatston score		0	<0.01

Data are presented as . values are from independent-sample -test, Mann-Whitney test, chi-squared test, and Fisher’s exact test for appropriate data between group AC and group no AC.