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Table 1 Vascular calcification and risk factors

From: POEMS syndrome and calciphylaxis: an unrecognized cause of abnormal small vessel calcification

Ā 

POEMS syndrome

Disease control

P-value

Ā 

(nā€‰=ā€‰75)

(nā€‰=ā€‰86)

Ā 

Gender; men:women

52:23

62:24

0.70

Age (years); mean (SD)

57 (11)

59 (14)

0.19

Calciphylaxis

Ā Ā Ā 

Skin ulcer (%)

4 %

0 %

0.097

ā€ƒCTa

17 %

0 %

0.00079

Vascular risk factor

Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒDiabetes

19 %

20 %

0.86

ā€ƒHypertension

33 %

29 %

0.56

ā€ƒHyperlipidemia

31 %

45 %

0.056

  1. Disease controls include patients with various neurodegenerative or inflammatory diseases (see text)
  2. aSmall vessel calcification in the soft tissue of the hip/thigh