Table 4.

Serum hepcidin-25 level and CCA-IMT in CHD/DN and CHD/non-DN patients

Items	CHD/DN group (n = 78)	CHD/non-DN group (n = 86)	t	P
CCA-IMT, mm	1.16 ± 0.10	0.91 ± 0.10	9.446	0.000
Hepcidin-25, ng/ml	34.43 ± 4.75	26.63 ± 10.12	6.604	0.000
hs-CRP, mmol/L	2.17 ± 0.92	1.71 ± 1.06	2.954	0.004
TNF-α, pg/ml	25.72 ± 6.50	23.29 ± 5.31	2.630	0.009
IL-6, pg/ml	13.89 ± 5.30	10.24 ± 5.47	4.335	0.000

CCA-IMT: Common carotid artery intima-media thickness; CHD: Chronic hemodialysis; DN: Diabetic nephropathy; hs-CRP: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6: Interleukin-6.