Abstract:Objective To investigate the relationship between serum fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) levels and vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at different stages. Methods A total of 128 patients with CKD who were treated in our hospital from January 2017 to June 2018 were enrolled. Among them, there were 41 cases in CKD1~2 stage group, 52 cases in CKD3~4 stage group, and 35 cases in CKD5 stage group, and there were 43 cases in calcification group and 85 cases in non-calcification group. The other 50 healthy volunteers in the same period were selected as the control group. The levels of FGF-23, urea nitrogen (BUN),creatinine (Scr), cystatin C (Cys C), glomerular filtration rate (GFR), calcium and phosphorus were compared in each group, and the calcification rate of CKD patients at different stages were compared. The correlation between serum FGF-23 and clinically relevant indicators in patients with CKD were analyzed. The independent influencing factors of FGF-23 were analyzed. Results The levels of serum FGF-23, BUN, Scr, Cys C and phosphorus in the CKD5 stage group were higher than those in the other three groups, and GFR and calcium were lower than the other three groups (P < 0.05). The serum FGF-23, BUN, Scr and Cys C in the CKD3~4 stage group were higher than those in the CKD1~2 stage group and the control group, and GFR was lower than CKD1~2 stage group and control group (P < 0.05). The levels of serum Scr and Cys C in the CKD1~2 stage group were higher than those in the control group, and the GFR was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The levels of serum FGF-23, BUN, Scr, Cys C and phosphorus in the calcification group were higher than those in the non-calcification group and the control group, and the GFR was lower than that in the non-calcification group and the control group (P < 0.05). The serum FGF-23 was positively correlated with BUN, Scr, Cys C, phosphorus in patients with CKD, and the serum FGF-23 was negatively correlated with GFR (P < 0.05). Unconditional logistic multiple regression analysis showed that GFR and phosphorus were significant factors affecting serum FGF-23 (Ol ^ R=0.312, 95%CI: 0.200, 0.487), (Ol ^ R=3.714, 95%CI: 1.889, 7.302). Conclusions The serum FGF-23 level of patients with CKD increases with clinical stage, and it is highly expressed in the serum of patients with vascular calcification, and its expression level can reflect the renal function status and vascular calcification of patients.