Table 2.

Correlation analysis between parameters of iron status in the HDCKD (on iv iron), NDCKD (on oral iron), EPO-hypo responsive HDCKD patients

Parameter		HDCKD (Group A)		NDCKD (Group B)		EPO-Hypo responsive HDCKD (Group C)
		r	P	r	P	r	P
Ferritin	% TSAT	0.282	<0.0001	0.366	<0.05	0.314	NS
	Tissue iron	0.879	<0.0001	0.896	<0.0001	0.982	<0.0001
	Urea	0.039	NS	0.462	<0.004	0.388	NS
	Creatinine	-0.01	NS	0.309	NS	-0.101	NS
Tissue iron	Ferritin	0.879	<0.0001	0.896	<0.0001	0.982	<0.0001
	% TSAT	0.314	<0.0001	0.379	<0.05	0.318	NS
	Urea	0.145	<0.05	0.444	<0.01	0.450	NS
	Creatinine	0.098	NS	0.311	NS	-0.010	NS
S.Iron	% TSAT	0.601	<0.0001	0.815	<0.0001	0.972	<0.0001
	Ferritin	0.039	NS	0.462	<0.01	0.388	NS
	% TSAT	0.097	NS	0.429	<0.01	0.166	NS
Urea	Tissue iron	0.145	<0.05	0.444	<0.01	0.450	NS
	Creatinine	0.690	<0.0001	0.812	<0.0001	0.691	<0.058
	Ferritin	-0.14	<0.05	-0.141	NS	-0.004	NS
	%TSAT	-0.08	NS	0.013	NS	0.237	NS
Hb	Tissue iron	-0.17	<0.05	-0.172	NS	-0.181	NS
	Transferrin	0.158	NS	0.276	NS	-0.297	NS
	Creatinine	-0.06	NS	-0.179	NS	-0.697	<0.055
	Ferritin	-0.22	<0.0001	-0.345	<0.05	0.271	NS
TIBC	Tissue iron	-0.19	<0.001	-0.328	<0.05	0.283	NS
	Transferrin	0.409	<0.0001	0.394	<0.05	0.280	NS
	%TSAT	-0.05	NS	-0.273	NS	0.780	<0.05
	Urea	0.023	NS	-0.242	NS	0.099	NS

P<0.05 considered as significant,; NS= Not significant,; Entered p values are against the controls. %TSAT= Percentage Transferrin Saturation,; TIBC= Total Iron Binding Capacilty,; Hb= Hemoglobin.