Table 5.

Relationship between absolute iron deficiency anaemia and Hepcidin or GDF-15 as primary biomarker among CKD participants

Variable	aMultivariable logistic regression analysis with Hepcidin as the primary factor			bMultivariable logistic regression analysis with GFD15 as the primary factor
	Adjusted Odds ratio	95%CI	P-value	Adjusted Odds ratio	95%CI	P-value
Hepcidin	1.0021	0.9991–1.0051	0.176	–	–	–
GDF-15	–	–	–	1.00038	1.0001–1.0006	0.003

^aMultivariable logistic regression of the model of the relationship between Hepcidin and iron deficiency anaemia

^bMultivariable logistic regression of model of the relationship between GDF-15 and iron deficiency anaemia

The 2 models corrected for gender, age, CKD stage history of Diabetes mellitus, race, C-reactive protein, mean corpuscular volume

CI Confidence interval