Table 2 Abbreviations

Anaemia Management in dialysis patients in Switzerland

AIMS

Renal units of the Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland

EOC

AIMS and EOC data pooled

AIMS EOC

Artificial neural network

ANN

Linear regression

LIN REG

Nephrologist

NEPH

Sex

SEX

Age

AGE

Weight

W

Diabetes mellitus

DM

Cardiomyopathy

CARDIO

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker treatment

ACE/ARB

Haemoglobin

HB

Creatinine ^a

CREA

Blood urea nitrogen ^a

BUN

Kt/V

KTV

pH ^a

PH

Phosphate ^a

PO4

Ionized calcium ^a

CA

Albumin ^a

ALB

Ferritin

FERR

Parathyroid hormone

PTH

C reactive protein

CRP

Iron intravenously

IRON

Epoetin administration route subcutaneous vs. intravenous

SC/IV

normalized mean squared error divided by the Pearson correlation coefficient

NMSE/r