Abstract:Objective To assess the serum levels of calcium, phosphate, intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), 25-hydroxyvitamin D, fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) and pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in non-dialysis patients with chronickidney disease (CKD) and to analyze the relationships between FGF-23 and chroic kidney disease-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) parameters. Methods Totally 34 CKD stage 1, 35 CKD stage 2, 34 CKD stage 3a, 33 CKD stage 3b, 38 CKD stage 4, 32 CKD stage 5 patients and 35 healthy subjects were enrolled into the study. Blood pressure, body weight index (BMI), serum albumin, creatinine, calcium, phosphate, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, iPTH, FGF-23 and baPWV were measured. Results No significant difference in age, gender among seven groups were identified (P?>?0.05). CKD stage 3a-5 and CKD stage 2-5 patients experienced higher levels of systolic pressure and diastolic pressure respectively (P?0.05). Urinary protein of 24 hours were much higher than those in healthy subjects (P?0.05). Increased serum creatinine, phosphate, iPTH, decreased albumin, calcium were found in CKD stage 3a-5 patients (P?0.05). The level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D decreased in patients with CKD stage 2-5, in the mean time, the level of FGF-23 increased in patients with CKD stage 3a-5 (P?0.05). There were significant differences in the proportion of 25- hydroxyvitamin D among 7 groups (P?< 0.05). The mean baPWV was increased by declining eGFR levels (P?0.05). The serum FGF-23 concentration was negatively correlated with serum calcium, serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (r =?-0.175 and -0.130 respectively, all P?=?0.000), and positively correlated with serum phosphate and iPTH (r?=?0.236 and 0.249 respectively, all P?= 0.000). Conclusions Increases in both serum FGF-23 and iPTH precede changes of serum calcium and phosphate in patients with CKD. The 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels decrease earlier than the increase of serum FGF23 or iPTH, with declining eGFR level. Increased vascular stiffness occurs in early-stage CKD.