The great East Japan earthquake affected the laboratory findings of hemodialysis patients in Fukushima

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Table 4 Univariate analyses of various factors in relation to a reduction of Hct level 8 week after the earthquake

a) Hct according to patient characteristics using Mann-Whitney Utest
		HCT
		Mean±SD	P
Sex			0.71
	Male	34.3±3.7
	Female	34.6±3.3
Diabetes			0.57
	Yes	34.1±4.0
	No	34.5±3.3
Hypertension			0.86
	Yes	34.4±3.6
	No	34.2±3.2
Hospital			0.05
	Hanawa	35.0±4.0
	Soma	33.4±4.0
b) Correlation between Hct and patient characteristics using simple linear regression analysis
		Hct
		C.C	P
Age		0.17	0.13
DW		0.06	0.57
Height		0.08	0.49
Change of DW		0.05	0.63

Hct, hematocrit; SD, standard deviation; Hanawa, Hanawa Welfare Hospital, not seriously damaged by the tsunami and far from the nuclear power plant accident;
Soma, Soma Central Hospital, seriously damaged by the tsunami and near the nuclear power plant accident; c.c., correlation coefficient; DW, dry weight; b, standard partial regression coefficient; * p<0.05.

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