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Table 1 Main clinical characteristics and biological data of the total population of the study and according to antivitamin K (VKA) therapy status

From: Dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated Matrix Gla protein concentration is predictive of vitamin K status and is correlated with vascular calcification in a cohort of hemodialysis patients

 

Total population

Non-treated with VKA

Treated with VKA

P (between treated and non-treated)

n

160

137

23

 

Age (yr)

74 [63; 80]

74 [64; 81]

71 [59; 79]

NS

Male gender (%)

44

43

52

NS

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.4 [22.6; 30.2]

25.4 [22.6; 30.2]

27.3 [24.7; 33.3]

NS

Dialysis vintage (month)

23 [11; 44]

22 [11; 48]

24 [13; 38]

NS

Previous CVD (%)

65

64

74

NS

Hypertension (%)

87

85

100

0.046

Diabetes (%)

44

43

52

NS

Smoking habit (%)

21

21

22

NS

Calcium (mmol/L)

2.15 ± 0.16

2.16 ± 0.15

2.14 ± 0.20

NS

Phosphate (mg/dL)

4.6 [4.0; 6.0]

4.6 [4; 6]

5.1 [4.3; 5.7]

NS

Albumin (g/L)

38 [36; 40]

38 [36; 40]

40 [38; 40]

NS

CRP (mg/L)

5 [2; 13]

5 [2; 13]

4 [3; 9]

NS

Intact PTH (pg/mL)

263 [126; 434]

251 [129; 423]

291 [125; 570]

NS

25-OH vitamin D (ng/mL)

22 [12; 33]

22 [12; 33]

19 [13; 25]

NS

b-ALP (μg/L)

16 [11; 23]

15 [10; 23]

19 [13; 29]

NS

FGF-23 (RU/mL)

2911 [1039; 7413]

2733 [883; 7597]

3179 [2391; 6676]

NS

Calcification score (maximum score is 24)

10 [5; 15]

10 [5; 15]

11 [6; 17]

NS

dp-ucMGP (pmol/L)

2148 [1542; 3251]

1939 [1419; 2841]

5604 [3758; 7836]

<0.0001

  1. Note: conversion factor for units: phosphorus in mg/dL to mmol/L, x0.3229. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) when distribution was normal and as median and interquartile range [percentile 25; percentile 75] when not. CVD, cardiovascular disease; CRP, C-reactive protein; PTH, parathormone; b-ALP bone-specific alkaline phosphatase; dp-ucMGP, dephosphorylated and uncarboxylated; NS, non significant (p > 0.05).