Figure 3. Box plots of plasma vitamin D binding protein and clusterin levels in HD patients.

ELISA validation of vitamin D binding protein and clusterin concentration for patients’ plasma originally analyzed by 2-DE. Long-term HD survivors have (a) higher vitamin D binding protein (204.5±63.9 mg/L vs. 149.0±71.6 mg/L, p = 0.036) and (b) lower clusterin (282.3±105.8 mg/L vs. 438.5±174.2 mg/L, p = 0.011) than the short-term HD patients, which are concordant with 2-DE expression pattern.