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. 2020 Aug 21;14(1):59–69. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfaa117

Table 3.

Correlation of serum hepcidin with ferritin and/or IL-6

Reference Patient characteristics Correlated with
Ferritin IL-6
Tomosugi et al. [44] HD patients (n = 40) (+) (−)
Acute pyelonephritis (n = 2), pneumonia (n = 6), sepsis (n = 8) NA (+)
Healthy volunteers (n = 16) (+) (−)
Weiss et al. [45] HD patients (n = 20) (+) (−)
Kuragano et al. [46] HD patients (n = 198) (+) (−)
HD patients CRP >0.3 mg/dL (n = 36) (+) (+)
van der Putten et al. [47] CKD + heart failure (n = 33) (+) (−)
Stoffel et al. [48] Young women with iron deficiency + vaccination (n = 21) NA (−)
Young women without iron deficiency + vaccination (n = 25) NA (+)

NA, not available.