Laboratory measures of MHD patients by CAC score tertile at study onset.

Values expressed as mean ± SD. MHD, maintenance hemodialysis; CAC, coronary artery calcification; Hb, hemoglobin; CO2CP, carbon dioxide combining power; CRP, C-reactive protein; BMI, body mass index; nPNA, normalized protein nitrogen appearance; Alb, albumin; Scr, Serum creatinine; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; PTH, parathyroid hormone; FGF23, fibroblast growth factor 23. Data compared by univariate ordinal logistic regressions; *P<0.2, **P<0.05.