Quantitative Analysis of Abdominal Aortic Calcification in CKD Patients Without Dialysis Therapy by Use of the Agatston Score

Abstract

Hyperphospatemia, chronic inflammation, diabetes, and decreased GFR are associated significantly with the presence of aortic calcification in non-dialysis CKD patients. Decreased eGFR was associated significantly and independently with the quantitative degree of aortic calcification.