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Table 2 Correlations between ESA response and clinical parameters

From: Skeletal muscle mass is associated with erythropoietin response in hemodialysis patients

  ESA dose / Hb ERI
  r p value r p value
Age 0.282 0.020 0.373 0.002
Duration of hemodialysis 0.057 0.65 0.116 0.35
Height -0.288 0.017 -0.531 < 0.001
Body weight -0.265 0.029 -0.565 < 0.001
BMI -0.192 0.12 -0.455 < 0.001
Muscle mass -0.307 0.011 -0.541 < 0.001
Albumin -0.119 0.33 -0.173 0.16
CRP -0.003 0.98 -0.027 0.83
Calcium 0.003 0.98 0.056 0.65
Phosphate -0.096 0.43 -0.122 0.32
Intact PTH -0.127 0.30 -0.147 0.23
Magnesium 0.077 0.58 0.018 0.90
TSAT -0.317 0.009 -0.239 0.049
Ferritin -0.135 0.27 -0.063 0.61
Zinc -0.303 0.013 -0.331 0.006
Copper 0.040 0.75 0.016 0.89
nPCR 0.019 0.88 0.175 0.16
Kt/V 0.016 0.90 0.159 0.20
  1. SMI skeletal muscle index; BMI body mass index; PTH parathyroid hormone; CRP C-reactive protein, TSAT transferrin saturation; nPCR normalized protein catabolic rate
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BMC Nephrology

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