Table 5.
Correlation of MIS with demographic and biochemical variables in PD patients
| Variable | MIS | |
|---|---|---|
| R | P | |
| Age | 0.329 | 0.001 |
| BMI | −0.354 | 0.001 |
| Number of hospitalizations | 0.272 | 0.008 |
| Presence of atherosclerosis | 0.297 | 0.004 |
| Albumin | −0.626 | 0.000 |
| Prealbumin | −0.399 | 0.000 |
| Hemoglobin | −0.256 | 0.014 |
| Creatinine | −0.211 | 0.042 |
| Ferritin | 0.452 | 0.000 |
| Transferrin | −0.275 | 0.008 |
| Phosphorus | −0.220 | 0.034 |
| IL-6 | 0.280 | 0.015 |
| TNF-α | 0.364 | 0.000 |
| CRP | 0.358 | 0.000 |
| MIAS | 0.682 | 0.000 |
BMI Body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 Interleukin-6, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α, MIS Malnutrition inflammation score, MIAS Malnutrition-inflammation-atherosclerosis syndrome