Raikou VD, Kyriaki D, Gavriil S. Importance of serum phosphate in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus. World J Diabetes 2020; 11(10): 416-424 [PMID: 33133389 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v11.i10.416]
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Vaia D Raikou, PhD, Chief Doctor, Department of Nephrology, Doctors’ Hospital, 26 Kefallinias, Athens 11257, Greece. vraikou@med.uoa.gr
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Urology & Nephrology
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Case Control Study
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World J Diabetes. Oct 15, 2020; 11(10): 416-424 Published online Oct 15, 2020. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v11.i10.416
Table 1 The differences between groups of patients according to serum phosphate higher or lower than the cut-off point related to diabetes mellitus equal to 3.65 mg/dL
Characteristic
Patients with serum P > 3.65 mg/dL (n = 43), mean ± SD
Patients with serum P < 3.65 mg/dL (n = 67), mean ± SD
Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for predicting diabetes mellitus manifestations
Variables in model
P value
Odds ratio
Confidence interval
Age (yr)
0.003
1.07
1.02-1.13
Gender (male/female)
0.04
0.30
0.09–0.99
BMI (kg/m2)
0.02
1.11
1.01–1.22
Hypertension (yes/no)
0.4
1.58
0.4–5.9
Smoking (yes/no)
0.08
3.7
0.8–17.02
Calcium (mg/dL)
0.2
1.6
0.7–3.7
P (mg/dL)
0.9
1.05
0.4–2.4
Table 3 Relation to serum glucose variables in our participants without diabetes mellitus (n = 81)
Variables in model
Beta
t
Sig.
Lower
Upper
Age (yr)
-0.02
-0.17
0.8
-0.28
0.24
Gender (male/female)
-0.03
-0.3
0.7
-7.8
5.6
BMI (kg/m2)
0.4
3.9
0.001
0.5
1.6
Hypertension (yes/no)
0.02
0.2
0.8
-6.5
8.2
Smoking (yes/no)
0.04
0.3
0.7
-8.4
12.09
eGFR value (mL/min/1.73 m2)
- 0.2
- 1.6
0.1
-0.3
0.03
ACR (mg/g)
0.03
0.2
0.7
-0.007
0.01
Calcium (mg/dL)
0.13
1.2
0.2
-2.4
9.7
P (mg/dL)
0.1
0.9
0.3
-2.7
7.7
Table 4 Relation to serum glucose variables in our patients with diabetes mellitus (n = 29)
Variables in model
Beta
t
Sig.
Lower
Upper
Age (yr)
0.26
1.02
0.3
-1.06
3.1
Gender (male/female)
0.06
0.2
0.7
-30.5
39.8
BMI (kg/m2)
0.3
1.2
0.2
-1.6
6.5
Hypertension (yes/no)
-0.2
-1.3
0.19
-70.04
15.5
Smoking (yes/no)
0.33
1.4
0.15
-12.7
74.4
eGFR value (mL/min/1.73 m2)
- 0.06
-0.2
0.79
-1.1
0.86
ACR (mg/g)
0.4
2.2
0.03
0.003
0.09
Calcium (mg/dL)
0.2
1.1
0.2
-10.6
38.2
P (mg/dL)
-0.13
-0.6
0.5
-32.4
17.07
Citation: Raikou VD, Kyriaki D, Gavriil S. Importance of serum phosphate in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus. World J Diabetes 2020; 11(10): 416-424