Table 5.

Correlation between MASEI scores and clinico-laboratory data among HD patients (N = 41)

Variable	MASEI-inflammatory		MASEI-damage		Total MASEI
	rs	P	rs	P	rs	P
Age (years)	0.297	0.059	0.261	0.099	0.336	0.032*
Sex	0.216	0.175	−0.064	0.693	0.055	0.733
Body weight (Kg)	0.128	0.427	−0.057	0.725	0.029	0.855
Duration of HD (years)	0.171	0.284	0.341	0.029	0.327	0.037*
Associated comorbidities	−0.052	0.745	0.099	0.539	0.029	0.856
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	−0.205	0.199	−0.240	0.130	−0.216	0.176
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.275	0.105	0.128	0.424	−0.036	0.822
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	−0.106	0.510	−0.112	0.485	−0.134	0.403
Calcium (mg/dL)	−0.214	0.180	0.066	0.682	−0.082	0.610
Phosphorus (mg/dL)	0.047	0.770	0.284	0.072	0.139	0.385
PTH (pg/mL)	0.139	0.386	0.076	0.639	0.131	0.414
Uric acid (mg/dl)	0.106	0.511	0.147	0.358	0.138	0.388

*P < 0.05,PTH: Parathyroid hormone