Table II.

Iron status and inflammatory markers of hemodialyzed patients with NTBI values

Parameter	NTBI ≥ 0.6 eLPI units	NTBI < 0.6 eLPI units
hsCRP [mg/l]	8.86 (1.81–12.48)	5.82 (1.81–9.80)**
TNF-α [pg/ml]	6.15 (0.1–14.01)	5.94 (0.1–8.92)
IL-6 [pg/ml]	2.82 (0.1–6.16)	0.57 (0.1–2.96)***
Fibrinogen [mg/dl]	364.16 ±73.13	323.65 ±80.94*
Erythropoietin dose [U/week]	7235 ±2772	4939 ±3630*
sTfR [nmol/l]	42.63 ±16.43	34.77 ±14.71*
Iron [µg/dl]	76.14 ±29.14	57.06 ±25.40*
TIBC [µg/dl]	282.00 ±58.29	247.69 ±59.86*
Ferritin [ng/ml]	401.7 (114.1–704.6)	303 (11.4–492.2)**
Hepcidin [ng/ml]	26.65 ±12.98	20.18 ±14.16
Hemojuvelin [ng/ml]	1.37 ±0.93	2.72 ±1.84*

Data given are means ± SD, or medians and interquartile ranges

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^**p < 0.001.