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. 2019 Dec 21;5(3):318–330. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2019.12.009

Table 2.

Correlations of the severity of depressive symptoms with inflammatory biomarkers in patients with CKD and ESKD

Study Study design GRADE score Sample Depressive symptom measure (continuous score) Biomarkers measured
Dogan et al.26 Cross-sectional Low 43 HD HAMD Albumin, CRP
Kalender et al.27 Cross-sectional Low 68 HD, 47 PD, 26 CKD BDI Albumin, CRP
Kalender et al.59 Cross-sectional Low 68 HD, 47 PD, 26 CKD, 66 controls SF-36 mental composite Albumin, CRP
Dervisoglu et al.60 Cross-sectional Low 31 HD, 31 PD, 31 CKD BDI IL-6, TNF-α
Simic Ogrizovic et al.9 Prospective cohort Low 77 HD, 51 PD BDI Albumin, hsCRP, IL-6
Bossola et al.33 Cross-sectional Low 80 HD BDI Albumin, hsCRP, IL-6
Ko et al.34 Cross-sectional Low 81 PD BDI Albumin, hsCRP, TNF-α
Sonikian et al.61 Cross-sectional Low 27 HD, 17 PD Zung Self-Rating Depressoin Scale IL-6
Chilcot et al.38 Prospective cohort Low 132 HD, 28 PD BDI Albumin, CRP
Hung et al.37 Cross-sectional Moderate 146 HD BDI Albumin, hsCRP, IL-6
Li et al.36 Cross-sectional Moderate 142 PD HAMD Albumin, CRP
Choi et al.13 Prospective cohort Low 81 HD BDI Albumin, hsCRP
Kim et al.41 Cross-sectional Low 78 HD BDI Albumin, hsCRP
Taraz et al.44 Cross-sectional Moderate 83 HD BDI Albumin, hsCRP, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1
Bornivelli et al.39 Cross-sectional Low 45 HD HAMD CRP
Wang et al.43 Cross-sectional Moderate 195 HD HADS + SF-36 depression Albumin, CRP, IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1
Nowak et al.48 Cross-sectional Low 694 HD BDI CRP
Knuth et al.49 Cross-sectional Low 75 HD BDI IL-6
Ekramzadeh et al.53 Cross-sectional Low 110 HD BDI Albumin
Uglesic et al.62 Cross-sectional Low 52 HD, 36 PD BDI Albumin, CRP, IL-6
Jong et al.57 Cross-sectional Low 129 HD BDI Albumin, hsCRP, IL-6, TNF-α
Zhao et al.63 Randomized trial High 189 HD BDI IL-6
Schricker et al.64 Cross-sectional Low 26 HD, 13 PD Allgemeine Depressionsskala CRP, IL-6

BDI, Beck Depression Index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESKD, end-stage kidney disease; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Scale; HD, hemodialysis; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL, interleukin; PD, peritoneal dialysis; SF-36, Short-Form Health-Related Quality of Life 36-item questionnaire; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α.