Table 5 Comparison between CAC-T0− and CAC-T0+.

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

Parameters

CACT0− (n = 21)

CACT0+ (n = 46)

p

Age (years)

42 [36–52]

53 [41–58]

0.006

Dialysis vintage (mths)

46 [33–50]

57 [39–76]

0.03

s-Creatinine (mg/dL)

9.2 [5.9–10.2]

10.1 [6.0–11.4]

0.46

Blood glucose (mg/dL)

87 [80–93]

92 [81–103]

0.34

Pre-KTx Hb (g/dl)

11.1 [10.2–12.0]

11.4 [10.4–12.5]

0.46

Pre-Ktx PTH (ng/mL)

310 [189–618]

279 [135–470]

0.14

Pre-Ktx Ca (mg/dl)

9.3 [8.8–9.6]

9.2 [8.9–9.7]

0.72

Pre-Ktx P (mg/dL)

5.5 [4.4–6.2]

5.3 [4.5–6.0]

0.87

Pre-Ktx ALP (U/dL)

90 [63–227]

105 [58–160]

0.99

SBP T0 (mmHg)

130 [117–135]

140 [120–150]

0.03

DBP T0 (mmHg)

85 [80–90]

80 [78–90]

0.59

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