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Table 1 General baseline characteristics of study participants

From: Relationships of serum FGF23 and α-klotho with atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Characteristics

Total

(n = 403)

T2DM

(n = 207)

Non-T2DM

(n = 196)

P value

Age (years)

54.0 (12.0)

53.2 (15.0)

53.5 (10.0)

0.62

Males, n (%)

235 (58.3)

126 (60.9)

109 (55.6)

0.17

Smoking status, n (%)

   

0.54

 Never smoking

253 (62.8)

130 (62.8)

123 (62.8)

 

 Smoking

150 (37.2)

77 (37.3)

73 (37.2)

 

BMI (kg/m²)

24.2 (4.7)

24.9 (4.7)

24.6 (4.2)

0.85

SBP (mmHg)

119.0 (14.0)

117.1 (12.3)

118.6 (14.0)

0.07

DBP (mmHg)

75.0 (8.0)

75.6 (9.0)

74.4 (7.0)

0.07

TC (mM)

5.0 (1.5)

4.8 (1.5)

5.0 (1.4)

0.08

TG (mM)

1.7 (1.2)

2.2 (1.4)

1.7 (0.8)

< 0.01

HDL-c (mM)

1.1 (0.4)

1.1 (0.3)

1.3 (0.4)

< 0.01

LDL-c (mM)

2.8 (1.0)

2.8 (1.1)

2.9 (1.0)

0.09

FBG (mM)

5.6 (4.1)

9.9 (4.1)

5.1 (0.5)

< 0.01

HbA1c (%)

6.0 (3.6)

8.9 (3.7)

5.4 (0.4)

< 0.01

25- (OH)D3 (ng/ml)

16.0 (6.4)

15.6 (7.5)

17.4 (5.0)

0.01

Scr (mM)

57.0 (20.2)

55.4 (19.7)

63.4 (21.9)

< 0.01

BUN (mM)

4.9 (1.7)

5.5 (1.8)

4.6 (1.3)

< 0.01

Cys-C (mM)

0.81 (0.2)

0.90 (0.2)

0.80 (0.2)

< 0.01

Ca (mM)

2.34 (0.11)

2.34 (0.13)

2.36 (0.12)

0.02

P (mM)

1.2 (0.3)

1.1 (0.2)

1.4 (0.4)

< 0.01

eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2)

101.5 (19.7)

99.6 (22.6)

101.3 (18.7)

0.40

FGF23 (pg/ml)

353.3 (246.2)

451.7 (192.6)

308.4 (195.3)

< 0.01

α-klotho (ng/ml)

2.5 (3.2)

2.8 (2.3)

3.6 (3.5)

< 0.01

  1. Abbreviations T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; 25-(OH)D3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3; Scr, creatinine; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; Cys-C, cystatin C; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; FGF23, fibroblast growth factor 23; α-klotho, α-membrane binding receptor Klotho
  2. Continuous data are presented as the mean (SD) or median (IQR) according to their distribution and as the number (percentage) for categorical variables (males and smoking status)
  3. Bold font indicates statistical significance