Research Article
The Evaluation of Red Cell Distribution Width in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
Table 3
Bivariate correlation analyses of RDW levels and various clinical and laboratory parameters of study population.
| Parameter | | |
| Age | 0.134 | 0.463* | Gender | 0.078 | 0.822† | HD duration | 0.251 | | Presence of DM | 0.161 | 0.351† | Presence of CAD | 0.102 | 0.125† | Mean arterial pressure | 0.086 | 0.301* | Interdialytic weight gain | 0.395 | | Cardiothoracic index | 0.188 | 0.091* | Hemoglobin | −0.077 | 0.224* | Serum ferritin | −0.180 | 0.098* | Transferrin saturation | −0.134 | 0.136† | Serum creatinine | 0.104 | 0.177† | Serum calcium | −0.062 | 0.455* | Serum phosphate | 0.296 | | iPTH | 0.077 | 0.502† | Serum total cholesterol | 0.128 | 0.211† | Serum triglyceride | 0.055 | 0.401† | Serum albumin | −0.602 | | CRP | 0.415 | | URR | −0.115 | 0.102* | kT/V | −0.162 | 0.088* |
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Pearson correlation test. †Spearman’s correlation test. HD: hemodialysis, DM: diabetes mellitus, CAD: coronary artery disease, iPTH: intact parathyroid hormone, CRP: C-reactive protein, and URR: urea reduction ratio.
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