Table 4.
Spearman’s rank correlations of baseline clinical characteristics with hemoglobin levels in anuric peritoneal dialysis subjects
| Hemoglobin
|
||
|---|---|---|
| rs-value | P-value | |
| Age | −0.131 | 0.261 |
| Male gender | 0.273 | 0.018 |
| PD vintage | −0.18 | 0.095 |
| ACEI/ARB usage | −0.317 | 0.006 |
| Albumin | 0.326 | 0.004 |
| Alkaline phosphatase | −0.069 | 0.558 |
| Intact parathyroid hormone | 0.028 | 0.813 |
| Transferrin saturation | 0.272 | 0.018 |
| Ferritin | −0.370 | 0.001 |
| hsCRP | −0.264 | 0.002 |
| nPCR | −0.072 | 0.541 |
| nCcr P | −0.116 | 0.323 |
| nCcr K | 0.084 | 0.475 |
| Total IS | 0.365 | 0.001 |
| Free IS | 0.286 | 0.014 |
Abbreviations: ACEI, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blocker; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IS, indoxyl sulfate; nCcr K, normalized renal creatinine clearance; nCcr P, normalized peritoneal creatinine clearance; nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate; PD, peritoneal dialysis.