Table 2.

Multiple linear predictors of log Hepcidin and logGDF-15 among CKD patients

Variable	Log Hepcidin			Log GDF-15
	Coefficient	SE	P-value	Coefficient	SE	P-value
Ferritin	0.00389	0.00064	<  0.0001	−0.00038	0.00039	0.328
Age	0.0017	0.00581	0.766	0.0016	0.0036	0.648
Race
Blacks	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Whites	−0.2301	0.2239	0.303	0.3429	0.1443	0.018
Gender
Male	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Female	−0.2336	0.1572	0.138	0.1688	0.1041	0.106
MCHC	−0.0393	0.0376	0.298	−0.0618	0.0220	0.005
MCV	0.0082	0.0124	0.506	−0.0136	0.0073	0.066
CKD Stage
Early(I-III)	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Late (IV – V)	−0.0223	0.1656	0.893	0.4761	0.0993	<  0.0001