Table 3. Correlations (binary logistic regression) between demographic and clinical continuous variables and biochemical markers and hepatic iron stores determined by MRI in 199 hemodialysis patients.

Parameter	Odds Ratio (and 95% CI)
Age (years)	OR = 0.948 (0.904–0.993); p = 0.025
Gender (Women/Men)	OR = 3.902 (1.378–11.052); p = 0.010
Dialysis vintage (months)	p = 0.089
Audit Score	p = 0.067
Liu's dialysis comorbidity Index	p = 0.295
Charlson's comorbidity Index	p = 0.227
Number RBC packstransfused×100/months of dialysis	p = 0.236
Darbopoetin dose per month	p = 0.418
Iron dose per month	OR = 1.007 (1.004–1.011); p = 0.000
C-reactive protein	p = 0.224
Hepcidin	OR = 1.008 (1.002–1.015); p = 0.007

CI: Confidence Interval; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; OR: Odds ratio; RBC: Red Blood Cell.