Table 2.
Spearman’s rank correlations of baseline clinical characteristics with hemoglobin levels in non-anuric peritoneal dialysis subjects
| Hemoglobin
|
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|---|---|---|
| rs-value | P-value | |
| Age | 0.05 | 0.63 |
| Male gender | 0.25 | 0.020 |
| PD vintage | −0.18 | 0.095 |
| ACEI/ARB usage | −0.21 | 0.048 |
| Albumin | 0.02 | 0.83 |
| Alkaline phosphatase | −0.16 | 0.14 |
| Intact parathyroid hormone | −0.15 | 0.17 |
| Transferrin saturation | 0.38 | <0.001 |
| Ferritin | −0.14 | 0.20 |
| hsCRP | −0.20 | 0.068 |
| nPCR | 0.06 | 0.59 |
| nCcr P | −0.11 | 0.29 |
| nCcr K | 0.38 | <0.001 |
| Total IS | −0.41 | <0.001 |
| Free IS | −0.30 | 0.005 |
Abbreviations: ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blocker; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; nCcr K, normalized renal creatinine clearance; IS, indoxyl sulfate; nCcr P, normalized peritoneal creatinine clearance; nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate; PD, peritoneal dialysis.