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Table 2 Characteristics and correlation between serum ferritin levels and clinical variables at baseline

From: Systemic inflammation modulates the ability of serum ferritin to predict all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients

 

Spearman r

P value

Age, years

0.015

0.859

Male, n (%)

−0.282

0.000

Duration of PD, months

−0.186

0.070

24 h Urine Amount, mL

0.027

0.760

SBP, mmHg

0.043

0.548

DBP, mmHg

0.022

0.762

Kt/V

−0.053

0.819

BUN, mmol/L

0.156

0.020

Creatinine, μmol/L

0.011

0.871

Phosphorus, mmol/L

0.098

0.146

Calcium, mmol/L

0.038

0.580

Cholesterol, mmol/L

−0.065

0.339

Triglyceride, mmol/L

−0.153

0.065

LDL-C, mmol/L

−0.044

0.514

HDL-C, mmol/L

−0.090

0.188

apolipoprotein A, g/L

−0.114

0.171

Uric acid, μmol/L

0.153

0.026

hsCRP, mg/L

0.116

0.088

Albumin, g/L

0.029

0.669

Prealbumin, g/L

0.063

0.388

Hemoglobin, g/L

−0.118

0.083

TAST, %

0.086

0.223

Fe (iron), μmol/L

0.045

0.588

  1. Values expressed as Spearman’s correlation coefficient r
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BMC Nephrology

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