Table 2.

Correlation between mean 4 monthly serum albumin and risk factors

	Pearson coefficient	p
Age in years	-0.25	<0.001
Vintage in months	0.05	0.35
nPCR	0.31	<0.001
% Goal Weight Change	0.23	<0.001
Serum Phosphate (mg/dl)	0.22	<0.001
%URR	0.03	0.55
Episodes of fever	-0.11	0.02
Leukocytes /cmm	-0.09	0.07
Ferritin (ng/ml)	0.02	0.64
Bacteremia (episodes)	-0.27	<0.001
Days in hospital	-0.13	0.01

P < 0.05 = significant.