Table 4 Relation between VAS and 5-D scores with different parameters at baseline

HD vintage

0.094

0.477

0.148

0.258

Pruritis duration

0.153

0.243

0.197

0.132

Hemoglobin

-0.129

0.327

-0.117

0.372

WBCs

0.154

0.239

0.161

0.219

Platelets

0.104

0.429

0.077

0.557

Urea

0.387

0.002

0.409

0.001

Creatinine

-0.171

0.191

-0.236

0.069

KT/V

0.097

0.461

0.122

0.353

Calcium

-0.192

0.141

-0.241

0.064

Phosphorus

-0.229

0.078

-0.185

0.157

CaXPo4

-0.226

0.083

-0.216

0.097

PTH

0.080

0.545

0.051

0.698

Ferritin

0.572

 < 0.001

0.534

 < 0.001

Albumin

-0.120

0.359

-0.123

0.350

ALT

-0.035

0.790

0.013

0.922

AST

-0.017

0.899

0.023

0.860

VAS

0.966

 < 0.001