Correlation of serum levels of fibroblast growth factor 23 and Klotho protein levels with bone mineral density in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Table 3 Spearman correlation analysis between the BMD of 125 MHD patients and clinical index

Variable	BMD of femur neck		T score of femur neck		BMD of lumbar spine		T score of lumbar spine
Variable	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Age	− 0.324	0.000	− 0.345	0.000	− 0.020	0.824	− 0.026	0.770
BMI	0.128	0.156	0.162	0.071	0.180	0.045	0.194	0.030
Serum P	− 0.185	0.039	− 0.200	0.026	− 0.065	0.472	− 0.067	0.458
Ca × P	− 0.167	0.063	− 0.182	0.042	0.015	0.867	0.017	0.853
PTH	− 0.161	0.072	− 0.189	0.035	− 0.233	0.009	− 0.243	0.006
Klotho protein	0.252	0.005	0.297	0.001	0.202	0.024	0.202	0.024

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