Table 3. Correlation between different VZV-specific antibodies and clinical as well as laboratory parameters in the current cohort.

Correlation coefficient	VZV-IgG (IU/ml)	p value	VZV-IgM (IU/ml)	p value
Age (years)	−0.01	0.92	0.01	0.89
Gender (male)	0.20	0.06	−0.15	0.18
Dialysis vintage (years)	0.05	0.67	0.18	0.09
Comorbidities
Hypertension	−0.07	0.50	0.18	0.10
Diabetes mellitus	0.08	0.45	0.02	0.86
Heart failure	0.18	0.10	−0.22	0.04
Cirrhosis	−0.18	0.09	−0.18	0.10
Malignancy	−0.25	0.02	−0.10	0.36
Rheumatology illness	0.07	0.51	0.08	0.47
Laboratory parameters
Albumin (g/dl)	−0.15	0.16	−0.01	0.97
Hemoglobin (mg/dl)	0.03	0.81	0.22	0.05
Corrected calcium (mg/dl)	0.01	1.00	0.13	0.24
Phosphorus (mg/dl)	−0.01	0.94	0.04	0.74
Intact parathyroid hormone (pg/ml)	0.03	0.76	−0.03	0.76
Alkaline phosphatase (mg/dl)	−0.03	0.82	0.01	0.96
Dialysis parameters
Kt/V	0.02	0.86	0.07	0.52
Urea reduction ratio	0.06	0.60	0.05	0.66
Medications
Active vitamin D use	−0.03	0.80	0.05	0.63