Association of serum chromium levels with malnutrition in hemodialysis patients

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Table 4 Probability of inflammation (hsCRP > 3.0 mg/L) in studied patients (n = 647)

	Univariate logistic regression analysis	p	Forward stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis	p
Variables	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	p	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)	p
Age > 65 years (Yes vs. No)	1.68 (1.18–2.39)	0.004
Body mass index (kg/m²) (each increase, 1 kg/m²)	1.14 (1.08–1.20)	< 0.001	1.15 (1.08–1.22)	< 0.001
Diabetes mellitus (Yes vs. No)	1.96 (1.39–2.75)	< 0.001
Using catheter as blood access (Yes vs. No)	2.67 (1.00–7.14)	0.011
Kt/V (Daugirdes) (each increase, 1)	0.35 (0.21–0.59)	< 0.001
nPCR (each increase, 1 g/kg/day)	0.57 (0.37–0.87)	0.010
Triglyceride (mg/dL) (each increase, 1 mg/dL)	1.00 (1.00–1.01)	< 0.001	1.00 (1.00–1.01)	0.001
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.81 (0.71–0.93)	0.002	0.80 (0.67–0.95)	0.012
Creatinine (mg/dL) (each increase, 1 mg/dL)	0.93 (0.87–0.99)	0.022
Transferrin saturation (%) (each increase, 1%)	0.97 (0.95–0.98)	< 0.001	0.96 (0.94–0.97)	0.001
Log Ferritin (each increase, 10)	1.62 (1.18–2.22)	0.003	1.95 (1.28–2.99)	0.002
Albumin of < 3.6 g/dL (Yes vs. No)	2.91 (1.74–4.83)	< 0.001	2.96 (1.61–5.43)	< 0.001

Abbreviations: Log logarithmic transformation, hsCRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, nPCR normalized protein catabolic rate

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