Nontraditional risk factors in chronic kidney disease: correlation between creatinine clearance, Framingham risk score, endothelial dysfunction, and inflammation

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 3 Correlation between Framingham risk score, creatinine clearance, inflammation, and laboratory data in CKD

	FRS points r Pearson’s correlation	p value
IMT	0.586	0.0007
Creatinine clearance	− 0.532	0.0025
hs CRP	0.506	0.0043
Ca x p product	0.152	0.4239
Ca level	0.047	0.8068
iPTH	0.308	0.0974
Bun level	0.242	0.1978
Triglycerides	0.592	0.0006
LDL level	0.219	0.2449
Absolute brachial artery dilatation (absolute FMD) (mm)	− 0.505	0.0044

CKD chronic kidney disease, FRS Framingham risk score, IMT intimal medial thickness, Hs CRP high-sensitivity c-reactive protein, Ca calcium, P phosphorus, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, BUN blood urea nitrogen, LDL low-density lipoprotein, FMD flow-mediated dilatation mm millimeter