Table 3 Coefficient of correlation between variations (Δ) of biomarkers between baseline and 6-week (n = 123), 6-month (n = 108) and one-year (n = 93).

From: Variations of parathyroid hormone and bone biomarkers are concordant only after a long term follow-up in hemodialyzed patients

6-week n = 123

ΔPTH

Δb-ALP

ΔCTX

Δosteocalcin

ΔP1NP

ΔTRAP-5b

ΔPTH

XXXXX

     

Δb-ALP

−0.08 NS

XXXXX

    

ΔCTX

0.38P < 0.0001

0.07 NS

XXXX

   

ΔOsteocalcin

−0.03 NS

0.31P = 0.0004

0.15 NS

XXXXX

  

ΔP1NP

−0.14 NS

0.43P < 0.0001

0.06 NS

0.52P < 0.0001

XXXX

 

ΔTRAP-5b

0.04 NS

−0.26P = 0.0036

0.20P = 0.0247

−0.07 NS

−0.06 NS

XXXXX

6-month n = 108

ΔPTH

Δb-ALP

ΔCTX

Δosteocalcin

ΔP1NP

ΔTRAP-5b

ΔPTH

XXXXX

     

Δb-ALP

0.11 NS

XXXXX

    

ΔCTX

0.39P < 0.0001

0.38P < 0.0001

XXXX

   

ΔOsteocalcin

0.27P = 0.0049

0.26P = 0.007

0.32P = 0.0008

XXXXX

  

ΔP1NP

0.07 NS

0.44P < 0.0001

0.48P < 0.0001

0.54P < 0.0001

XXXX

 

ΔTRAP-5b

0.04 NS

0.03 NS

0.27P = 0.0045

0.07 NS

0.24P = 0.013

XXXXX

One-year n = 93

ΔPTH

Δb-ALP

ΔCTX

Δosteocalcin

ΔP1NP

ΔTRAP-5b

ΔPTH

XXXXX

     

Δb-ALP

0.29P = 0.0054

XXXXX

    

ΔCTX

0.47P < 0.0001

0.44P < 0.0001

XXXX

   

ΔOsteocalcin

0.36P = 0.0004

0.41P < 0.0001

0.43P < 0.0001

XXXXX

  

ΔP1NP

0.40P = 0.0001

0.68P < 0.0001

0.59P < 0.0001

0.65P < 0.0001

XXXX

 

ΔTRAP-5b

0.08 NS

0.14 NS

0.36P = 0.0004

0.31P = 0.0021

0.37P = 0.0003

XXXXX

  1. NS: not significant. Significant results in italic.