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Supplementary Table 1. Clinical characteristics depending on the serum phosphate excursions
Age (year)
Male (%)
Smoking (%)
HT (%)
DM (%)
DLp (%)
SBP (mmHg)
DBP (mmHg)
ACE-I/ARB (%)
Statin (%)
Lanthanum carbonate (%)
Calcium carbonate (%)
Sevelamer (%)
Bixalomer (%)
Vitamin D (%)
Warfarin (%)
Hb (g/dL)
cCa (mg/dL)
P (mg/dL)
Albumin (g/dL)
Intact PTH (pg/mL)
CACS
CVCS
All (n = 33)
0 times (n = 8)
3 times (n = 25)
67.9±9.9
27 (81.8)
14 (42.4)
33 (100)
17 (51.5)
9 (27.3)
150.1±23.1
74.9±14.9
19 (57.6)
12 (36.4)
18 (54.5)
15 (45.5)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
10 (30.3)
2 (6.1)
8.8±1.3
8.7±0.6
5.5±1.3
3.4±0.5
239.0 (134.7 – 397.2)
632.4 (131.8 – 1144.5)
2.0 (0.0 – 2.25)
74.1±10.2
8 (100)
3 (37.5)
8 (100)
3 (37.5)
0 (0.0)
149.7±20.2
76.9±14.4
4 (50.0)
2 (25.0)
4 (50.0)
4 (50.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
2 (25.0)
1 (12.5)
9.2±0.8
8.5±0.4
4.7±1.6
3.5±0.6
252.6 (95.9 – 500.5)
864.8 (219.1 – 1927.3)
1.0 (0.0 – 2.75)
65.9±9.1
19 (76.0)
11 (44.0)
25 (100)
14 (56.0)
9 (36.0)
150.2±24.3
74.4±15.2
15 (60.0)
10 (40.0)
14 (56.0)
11 (44.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
8 (32.0)
1 (4.0)
8.7±1.4
8.8±0.6
5.8±1.0
3.3±0.4
239.0 (140.2 – 397.2)
632.4 (108.4 – 1098.5)
2.0 (0.0 – 2.25)
0.038
0.160
0.539
0.307
0.053
0.959
0.706
0.461
0.373
0.541
0.541
0.539
0.432
0.074
0.279
0.018
0.444
0.848
0.352
0.721
AUC, area under the curve; HT, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; DLp, dyslipidemia; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood
pressure; ACE-I, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker; Hb, hemoglobin; cCa, corrected calcium; P,
phosphate; PTH, parathyroid hormone; CACS, coronary artery calcium score; CVCS, cardiac valvular calcification score.
Values are presented as mean±SD or median (interquartile range).
Supplementary Table 2. Correlation of vascular and valvular calcifications with clinical factors
ΔCACS
Univariate
Age
Gender
AUC
baseline CACS
ΔCVCS
Multivariate
Univariate
Multivariate
-0.189
0.013
0.299
-0.081
0.135
0.922
0.016
0.525
-0.159
0.087
0.271
-0.003
0.263
0.510
0.035
0.983
0.156
0.148
0.394
-0.216
0.377
0.405
0.021
0.219
0.237
-0.005
0.401
-0.145
0.217
0.979
0.025
0.447
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Supplementary Table 3. Clinical characteristics between the low AUC and high AUC groups among patients with CVCS
Age (year)
Male (%)
Smoking (%)
HT (%)
DM (%)
DLp (%)
SBP (mmHg)
DBP (mmHg)
ACE-I/ARB (%)
Statin (%)
Lanthanum carbonate (%)
Calcium carbonate (%)
Sevelamer (%)
Bixalomer (%)
Vitamin D (%)
Warfarin (%)
Hb (g/dL)
cCa (mg/dL)
P (mg/dL)
Albumin (g/dL)
Intact PTH (pg/mL)
CACS
CVCS
All (n = 34)
Low AUC (n = 17)
High AUC (n = 17)
69.4±9.2
26 (78.1)
22 (64.7)
34 (100.0)
16 (47.1)
16 (47.1)
145.2±19.3
68.4±11.1
23 (45.3)
23 (67.6)
16 (47.1)
18 (52.9)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
11 (32.4)
3 (8.8)
8.7±1.2
8.8±0.5
5.7±1.3
3.3±0.4
235.0 (133.0 – 335.0)
549.7 (141.8 – 1221.2)
2.0 (0.0 – 3.0)
70.9±10.0
13 (76.5)
12 (70.6)
17 (100.0)
7 (41.2)
6 (35.3)
144.5±16.9
69.7±10.8
11 (64.7)
10 (58.8)
7 (41.2)
10 (58.8)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
4 (23.5)
2 (11.8)
8.7±1.3
8.8±0.7
5.3±1.4
3.2±0.4
262.0 (109.0 – 389.0)
480.7 (142.5 – 1840.9)
2.0 (0.5 – 4.0)
67.8±8.4
13 (76.5)
10 (58.8)
17 (100.0)
9 (52.9)
10 (58.8)
145.9±22.0
67.1±11.5
12 (70.6)
13 (76.5)
9 (52.9)
8 (47.1)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
7 (41.2)
1 (5.9)
8.9±1.2
8.7±0.4
6.2±0.9
3.4±0.5
231.0 (157.0 – 330.0)
618.7 (131.8 – 1074.9)
2.0(0.0 – 2.5)
0.342
0.656
0.473
0.492
0.169
0.828
0.503
0.714
0.271
0.492
0.492
0.271
0.500
0.568
0.469
0.029
0.425
0.973
0.518
0.231
AUC, area under the curve; HT, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; DLp, dyslipidemia; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood
pressure; ACE-I, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker; Hb, hemoglobin; cCa, corrected calcium; P,
phosphate; PTH, parathyroid hormone; CACS, coronary artery calcium score; CVCS, cardiac valvular calcification score.
Values are presented as mean±SD or median (interquartile range).
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Supplementary Table 4. Clinical characteristics depending on the serum phosphate excursions among patients with CVCS
Age (year)
Male (%)
Smoking (%)
HT (%)
DM (%)
DLp (%)
SBP (mmHg)
DBP (mmHg)
ACE-I/ARB (%)
Statin (%)
Lanthanum carbonate (%)
Calcium carbonate (%)
Sevelamer (%)
Bixalomer (%)
Vitamin D (%)
Warfarin (%)
Hb (g/dL)
cCa (mg/dL)
P (mg/dL)
Albumin (g/dL)
Intact PTH (pg/mL)
CACS
CVCS
All (n = 18)
0 time (n = 4)
3 times (n = 14)
70.0±9.2
15 (83.3)
11 (61.1)
18 (100.0)
8 (44.4)
7 (38.9)
145.7±20.3
67.6±10.2
11 (61.1)
12 (66.7)
10 (55.6)
8 (44.4)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
7 (38.9)
2 (11.1)
9.0±1.1
8.6±0.4
5.7±1.2
3.4±0.5
235.0 (158.8 – 335.0)
510.1 (139.4 – 1122.0)
2.0 (0.0 – 2.25)
78.3±6.7
4 (100.0)
3 (75.0)
4 (100.0)
2 (50.0)
0 (0.0)
144.3±20.9
66.8±6.7
2 (50.0)
2 (50.0)
2 (50.0)
2 (50.0)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
2 (50.0)
1 (25.0)
9.2±0.8
8.3±0.2
4.3±1.1
3.4±0.4
161.0 (36.8 – 484.8)
821.4 (219.1 – 1927.3)
1.0 (0.0 – 2.75)
67.6±8.5
11 (78.6)
8 (57.1)
14 (100.0)
6 (42.9)
7 (50.0)
146.1±20.9
67.8±11.2
9 (64.3)
10 (71.4)
8 (57.1)
6 (42.9)
0 (0.0)
0 (0.0)
5 (35.7)
1 (7.1)
8.9±1.3
8.7±0.4
6.1±1.0
3.4±0.5
239.0 (179.0 – 335.0)
495.8 (104.5 – 1058.7)
2.0 (0.0 – 2.25)
0.018
0.446
0.485
0.618
0.108
0.875
0.864
0.515
0.407
0.618
0.618
0.515
0.405
0.705
0.053
0.005
0.979
0.442
0.327
0.721
AUC, area under the curve; HT, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; DLp, dyslipidemia; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood
pressure; ACE-I, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker; Hb, hemoglobin; cCa, corrected calcium; P,
phosphate; PTH, parathyroid hormone; CACS, coronary artery calcium score; CVCS, cardiac valvular calcification score.
Values are presented as mean±SD or median (interquartile range).
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