Table 1: Demographic and clinical characteristics, laboratory measurements and haemodynamics.

 

Total

Ct-FGF23 tertiles [RU/mL]

Sig.

 

n = 149

≤ 15.70

15.71 – 37.10

> 37.10

 

 

Median (IQR)

Median

Median

Median

p-Value

Demographic and clinical characteristics

 

 

 

 

   Age [years]

49.7 (38.5 – 61.7)

50.2

49.4

49.7

0.983

   BMI [kg/m2]

24.81 (22.00 – 27.74)

25.47

25.80

24.20

0.183

   Sex, men [%]

65.3

54.0

75.0

67.3

0.088

   Syst. BP [mmHg]

120 (110 – 132)

120

121

120

0.291

   Heart rate [bpm]

71 (60 – 82)

70

67

76

0.103

   NYHA class l

22.8

30.0

25.5

12.5

-

   NYHA class ll

43.4

50.0

48.9

31.3

-

   NYHA class lll/lV

33.8

20.0

25.5

56.3

0.001

Laboratory measurements

 

 

 

 

   NT-proBNP [ng/L]

1340 (501 – 3266)

903

986

3028

< 0.001

   eGFR [mL/min/1.73m2]

73.78 (58.31 – 90.20)

80.59

73.78

61.06

< 0.001

    ≤ 60 mL/min/1.73m2 [%]

26.8

10.0

25.0

46.9

< 0.001

    ≤ 45 mL/min/1.73m2 [%]

4.7

0.0

2.1

12.2

0.010

   Neopterin [nmol/L] 

6.90 (5.00 – 9.70)

5.60

6.50

8.80

< 0.001

   hsCRP [mg/L]

0.20 (0.10 – 0.63)

0.16

0.17

0.35

0.033

   Phosphate [mmol/L]

1.10 (0.97 – 1.22)

1.07

1.08

1.17

0.002

   PTH [ng/L]

37.91 (27.28 – 53.67)

35.57

34.87

48.05

0.050

   Vitamin D [nmol/L]

46.4 (29.3 – 67.1)

49.1

37.7

48.5

0.732

Haemodynamics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   LV-EF [%]

37.0 (25.7 – 49.7)

40.5

42.0

31.0

0.254

   mean PAP [mmHg]

26 (19 – 33)

24

23

31

0.011

   RAP [mmHg]

9 (6 – 12)

9

8

11

0.013

   PCWP [mmHg]

17 (12 - 25)

16

15

21

0.007

   Cardiac index [L/min/m2]

1.93 (1.68 – 2.42)

2.08

1.98

1.78

0.013

Data from 149 patients are presented as median (interquartile range) in the total study population and within the Ct-FGF23 tertiles.

Sig: significance; BMI: body mass index; syst. BP: systolic blood pressure; bpm: beats per minute; NYHA: new ork heart association; NT-proBNP: N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; hsCRP: high sensitive C-reactive protein; Ct-FGF23: C-terminal fibroblast growth factor 23; PTH: parathormone; LV-EF: left ventricular ejection fraction; mean PAP: mean pulmonary artery pressure; RAP: right atrial pressure; PCWP: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure.