Table 3 Principal biochemical characteristics of our cohort at pre-Ktx evaluation at T0 and during the period T0–T5.

From: Long-term evaluation of coronary artery calcifications in kidney transplanted patients: a follow up of 5 years

Parameters

Pre-KTx examination

T0

Average T0–T5

p*

SBP (mmHg)

NA

135 [120–150]

135 [124–143]

0.24

DBP ((mmHg)

NA

80 [80–90]

82 [77–85]

0.35

s-Creatinine (mg/dL)

8.0 [5.6–11.0]

1.41 [1.1–1.7]

1.5 [1.2–1.7]

0.09

Blood glucose (mg/dL)

91 [82–101]

74 [67–87]

79 [75–86]

0.009

Hb (g/dl)

11.3 [10.3–12.5]

10.8 [10–12]

12 [11–13]

<0.0001

PTH (ng/mL)

249 [148–470]

150 [94–217]

111 [80–179]

0.01

Ca (mg/dl)

9.2 [8.8–9.6]

9.8 [9–10]

9.8 [9.5–10.2]

0.28

P (mg/dL)

5.2 [4.3–5.7]

2.3 [2–2.8]

3 [2.7–3.4]

<0.0001

ALP (U/dL)

106 [62–171]

91 [68–114]

64 [54–78]

0.01

Prot-U (g/24 h)

NA

0.21 [0.15–0.33]

0.19 [0.15–0.32]

0.74

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

NA

226 [198–254]

211 [185–233]

<0.0001

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)

NA

61 [49–73]

57 [50–71]

0.004

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

NA

158 [119–209]

145 [118–191]

<0.0001

  1. Footnotes: SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; PTH: parathormone- ALP: Alkaline Phosphatase; Bold format: statistical significance (p < 0.05).