Research Article

Warfarin Accelerates Aortic Calcification by Upregulating Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype Maker Expression

Table 3

Correlation analysis of aortic Agatston score in AF patients.

CharacteristicsAortic Agatston score

Age (years)0.464<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)-0.750.512
SBP (mmHg)0.840.460
DBP (mmHg)-2.070.670
Smoking (%)-0.280.804
Ca (mmol/L)-0.1410.216
P (mmol/L)0.0590.608
ALP (U/L)0.2530.025
GLU (umol/L)0.1140.318
HDL-c (mmol/L)-0.1190.295
LDL-c (mmol/L)-0.2500.026
hsCRP (mg/L)0.3220.004
Warfarin dose (mg)-0.0200.862
Warfarin duration (month)-0.0210.852
INR-0.0560.624

value for spearman correlation coefficients (). ALP: alkaline phosphatase; BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; GLU: glucose; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; INR: international normalized ratio; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP: systolic blood pressure.