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. 2019 Sep 14;20:359. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1554-0

Table 2.

Frequency of incident ESA hyporesponders

Cancer
N = 416 (%)
CKD
N = 502 (%)
Non responsiveness
 ΔHb < 0 g/dLa 146 (35.1) 152 (30.3)
 Hb < 11 g/dLb 135 (32.4) 147 (29.3)

Only incident ESA users having a baseline Hb value lower than 11 g/dL were included in these analyses

aIncident ESA users with at least one ΔHb < 0 g/dL

bIncident ESA users with Hb values < 11 g/dL or with only one Hb value ≥11 g/dL registered between the 2nd and the 6th month after ID