Table 4.

Laboratory parameters according to tertiles of EHRI (IU/kg/g/L Hb per week) in 77 PD patients

	Tertile 0 (n = 26)	Tertile 1 (n = 25)	Tertile 2 (n = 26)	P-values
EHRI	0.13 (0.23–0.34)	0.46 (0.56–0.69)	0.91 (1.15–1.46)
Ret-He (pg)	36.1 (33.5–37.1)	33.5 (32.0–35.4)	33.4 (31–35.2)	0.007
Delta-He (pg)	3.4 (1.9–4.3)	2.3 (0.8–4.0)	1.2 (−0.5–2.9)	0.002
IL-6 (pg/mL)	5.0 (3.0–8.4)	5.6 (3.6–8.5)	8.5 (5.7–14.3)	0.030
hs-CRP (mg/L)	2.6 (0.9–6.8)	1.7 (1.0–7.1)	7.4 (3.5–20.5)	0.009
P-iron (µmol/L)	14.5 (11.0–18.5)	13.0 (9.5–18.0)	11.5 (7.8–13.3)	0.030
S-ferritin (µg/L)	255 (127–624)	273 (154–473)	382 (200–544)	0.510
PTH (pg/mL)	267 (185–344)	329 (129–450)	235 (131–539)	0.910