Table 3.
Correlation among inflammation markers, total homocysteine and cytokines in chronic renal failure patients and glomerular filtration rate in uremic patients
TNF-α | GFR | |
TNF-α | - | -0.75 P < 0.001 |
IL-1β | 0.75 P < 0.001 | -0.64 P < 0.001 |
IL-6 | 0.39 P < 0.001 | -0.36 P < 0.001 |
tHcy | 0.73 P < 0.001 | -0.68 P < 0.001 |
CRP | 0.72 P < 0.001 | -0.71 P < 0.001 |
Fib | 0.66 P < 0.001 | -0.71 P < 0.001 |
Ferritin | - | -0.48 P < 0.001 |
Transferrin | - | 0.60 P < 0.001 |
TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-1β: Interleukin-1β; IL-6: Interleukin-6; tHcy: Total homocysteine; CRP: C-reactive Protein; Fib: Fibrinogen; GFR: Glomerular filtration rate.