Vitamin D: a possible modifying factor linking obesity to vascular calcification in hemodialysis patients

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 2 Correlations between 25(OH)D, VCS and various metabolic risk profiles

	Age	SBP	DBP	BMI	PBF	Leptin	hsCRP	25(OH)D	1,25(OH)D	P	Alb	HDL	LDL	TG
VCS	0.370**	0.058	−0.118	0.163*	0.331**	0.373**	0.339**	−0.207*	0.078	−0.158*	0.083	−0.149	0.079	0.094
Age		0.124*	−0.288**	−0.155*	0.152*	0.152	0.166*	0.043	0.135	−0.261**	0.042	−0.096	0.068	−0.118
SBP			0.641**	0.018	−0.103	−0.079	−0.096	−0.005	0.041	0.046	−0.177*	0.189*	0.066	−0.023
DBP				0.024	−0.201*	−0.098	−0.163*	0.044	0.038	0.057	−0.072	0.186*	−0.072	−0.101
BMI					0.447**	0.517**	0.315**	−0.209*	0.014	−0.013	0.023	−0.332**	0.045	0.202*
PBF						0.671**	0.372**	−0.315**	−0.047	−0.055	0.158*	−0.182*	0.108	0.293**
Leptin							0.469**	−0.261*	−0.078	−0.043	0.237*	−0.365*	0.076	0.289**
hsCRP								−0.256**	0.086	−0.170*	0.112	−0.281**	−0.152	0.064
25(OH)D									0.275**	0.011	0.116	0.060	−0.011	−0.147
1,25(OH)D										−0.036	0.073	−0.096	0.042	0.123
P											0.003	−0.003	0.059	0.181
Alb												−0.097	−0.117	−0.008
HDL													0.078	−0.330*
LDL														0.264*

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