Renal function had an independent relationship with coronary artery calcification in Chinese elderly men

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Relationship of coronary artery calcium scores with renal function and other variables in simple correlation analysis

Characteristics	Agatston score		Volume score		Mass score
Characteristics	r value	p value	r value	p value	r value	p value
Age (year)	0.258	0.008	0.247	0.011	0.267	0.006
BMI (kg/m²)	0.117	0.236	0.129	0.188	0.089	0.369
CAD (%)	0.260	0.007	0.254	0.009	0.253	0.009
Hypertension (%)	0.182	0.062	0.196	0.045	0.193	0.048
MSBP (mmHg)	0.182	0.064	0.205	0.036	0.182	0.064
MDBP (mmHg)	0.054	0.582	0.078	0.430	0.044	0.655
Heart rate (bpm)	−0.165	0.093	0.169	0.084	−0.177	0.070
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	−0.034	0.727	−0.041	0.680	−0.049	0.616
HDL-c (mmol/L)	−0.030	0.762	−0.045	0.651	−0.031	0.757
LDL-c (mmol/L)	−0.206	0.035	−0.206	0.035	−0.226	0.020
FBG (mmol/L)	0.035	0.725	0.052	0.599	0.047	0.633
Calcium (mmol/L)	−0.093	0.346	−0.080	0.414	−0.102	0.302
Phosphorus (mmol/L)	0.129	0.191	0.121	0.221	0.113	0.251
Uric acid (mmol/L)	0.041	0.678	0.026	0.794	0.032	0.750
GFR (ml/min/1.73 m²)	−0.251	0.010	−0.246	0.011	−0.255	0.009

BMI Body mass index, CAD Coronary artery disease, MSBP Mean systolic blood pressure, MDBP Mean diastolic blood pressure, HDL-c High density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-c Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, FBG Fasting blood glucose, GFR Glomerular filtration rate

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