The importance of iron in long-term survival of maintenance hemodialysis patients treated with epoetin-alfa and intravenous iron: analysis of 9.5 years of prospectively collected data

Table 9 Outcomes, serum ferritin levels, and IV iron administration in relation to malnutrition and certain infections

Disease	Outcome				Serum Ferritin Level				IV iron
(ICD9-CM)	Died	Alive	χ²[1]	p	< 600 (μg/L)	> 600 (μg/L)	χ²[1]	p	≤ 455 (mg/mo)	> 455 (mg/mo)	χ²[1]	p
Patients (n)	600	465			698	720			810	318
Malnutrition (ICD 262–263)	73	40	44.9	< 0.001	47	66	2.54	0.11	78	19	0.32	0.85
Infection (ICD 001–139)	250	418	2.42	< 0.12	322	346	0.07	0.79	398	143	1.43	0.23
Pneumonia (ICD 480–486)	143	127	44.8	< 0.001	141	127	1.35	0.24	183	48	0.01	0.92
Cellulitis & carbuncle (ICD 680–682)	97	86	28.1	< 0.001	86	97	0.32	0.57	137	40	2.98	0.08
Ulcer of skin (ICD 707)	102	56	65.4	< 0.001	77	81	0	1	124	38	1.83	0.17

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