Table 3.

Correlations of prealbumin with biochemical profiles in peritoneal dialysis

Variables	Correlation coefficient	P∗
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.336	< 0.001
Serum albumin (g/dL)	0.417	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.103	0.236
Transferrin (mg/dL)	0.243	0.005
SGA score	–0.292	0.001
%LBM	0.368	< 0.001
nPCR (g/kg/d)	0.202	0.018
hs-CRP (mg/L)	–0.328	< 0.001

hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; %LBM, percent lean body mass; nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate; SGA, subjective global assessment.

^∗P values were calculated by Pearson bivariate correlation analysis.