Table 3.

Correlation between the indices of iron status in sub-groups of HDCKD patients.

Parameter	Subgroup	A-1		A-2		A-3		A-4		A-5
		r	p	r	p	r	p	R	P	r	p
Ferritin	%TSAT	0.288	<0.01	0.453	<0.0001	0.055	NS	0.017	NS	NS	NS
	Tissue iron	0.942	<0.0001	0.996	<0.0001	0.794	<0.0001	0.997	<0.0001	NS	NS
	Urea	0.268	<0.01	0.039	NS	0.011	NS	-0.03	NS	NS	NS
	Creatinine	0.242	<0.05	0.117	NS	0.012	NS	0.023	NS	NS	NS
Tissue iron	Ferritin	0.942	<0.0001	0.996	<0.0001	0.794	<0.0001	0.997	<0.0001	NS	NS
	% TSAT	0.263	<0.01	0.449	<0.0001	-0.12	NS	0.005	NS	NS	NS
	Urea	0.254	<0.05	0.055	NS	0.087	NS	-0.02	NS	NS	NS
S.Iron	% TSAT	0.89	<0.0001	0.694	<0.0001	0.696	<0.0001	0.59	<0.0001	0.82	<0.0001
	S. Iron	0.007	NS	0.935	<0.0001	0.276	<0.05	0.775	<0.0001	0.521	<0.01
	Transferrin	0.321	<0.05	0.180	NS	0.362	<0.05	0.537	<0.05	0.512	<0.05
TIBC	% TSAT	0.364	<0.0001	0.449	<0.0001	-0.33	<0.01	0.033	NS	-0.01	NS
	Urea	-0.16	NS	-0.10	NS	0.419	<0.001	0.197	NS	-0.40	NS
	Creatinine	-0.02	NS	-0.11	NS	0.454	<0.0001	0.150	NS	-0.31	NS
Hb	Iron	-0.08	NS	-0.08	NS	0.525	<0.001	-0.02	NS	0.120	NS
	Transferrin	-0.19	NS	0.134	NS	0.441	<0.05	0.345	NS	0.620	<0.01
	Creatinine	-0.23	NS	-0.30	<0.05	0.274	NS	0.389	<0.05	0.205	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.