Bone Marrow Pathology Predicts Mortality in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Table 3

Laboratory findings of the patients stratified according to survival status ().

Variable	Total )	Survivors ()	Nonsurvivors ()	value
Red blood cell (10^6/uL)	2.93 0.70	2.90 0.70	2.97 0.72	0.663
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	8.46 1.83	8.41 1.94	8.54 1.67	0.757
Hematocrit (%)	25.53 5.50	25.45 5.80	25.66 5.10	0.867
Mean corpuscular volume (fL)	88.22 7.43	88.56 6.85	87.67 6.37	0.609
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg/cell)	29.25 2.48	29.24 2.35	29.21 2.90	0.954
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (g/dL)	33.20 1.38	33.09 1.25	33.38 1.57	0.375
Red blood cell distribution width (%)	16.09 3.03	16.65 2.91	15.26 3.06	0.051
Platelet (10^3/uL)	167.07 162.17	191.09 182.44	129.43 117.14	0.104
White blood cells (10^3/uL)	8.21 6.97	7.76 5.75	8.89 8.56	0.494
Blast cells (%)	2.00 0.00	2.00 0.00
Myelocytes (%)	1.46 1.11	1.13 0.63	1.64 1.31	0.484
Metamyelocytes (%)	2.39 1.14	2.50 0	2.36 1.31	0.888
Band cells (%)	2.58 2.32	2.73 2.65	2.50 2.23	0.831
Segmented cells (%)	67.71 20.80	68.77 19.16	66.16 23.25	0.600
Eosinophils (%)	3.88 5.00	4.60 5.80	2.33 1.86	0.123
Basophils (%)	0.94 1.42	1.02 1.62	0.78 0.90	0.589
Monocytes (%)	7.43 5.52	8.19 5.77	6.28 4.18	0.130
Lymphocytes (%)	19.01 16.92	17.71 15.06	20.88 19.40	0.435
Atypical lymphocytes (%)	1.83 1.34	1.70 1.26	1.93 1.48	0.786
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)	19.16 19.35	21.30 22.36	15.94 10.78	0.369
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	77.95 51.71	74.46 54.80	83.30 47.05	0.486
Creatinine (mg/dL)	8.22 4.60	8.66 4.87	7.56 4.15	0.320
Uric acid (mg/dL)	7.67 3.93	7.61 3.72	7.84 4.92	0.915
Calcium (mg/dL)	8.80 1.30	9.03 1.28	8.45 1.28	0.068
Phosphorus (mEq/L)	5.33 2.56	5.04 2.27	5.74 2.91	0.261
Potassium (mEq/L)	4.34 0.93	4.39 0.96	4.26 0.90	0.558
Bicarbonate (mEq/L)	20.65 4.53	21.84 4.32	18.96 4.60	0.207
Serum iron (ug/dL)	35.20 22.88	31.20 20.16	36.13 34.15	0.563
Total iron binding capacity (ug/dL)	202.40 59.69	185.30 47.53	245.27 60.12	0.227
Ferritin (ng/mL)	837.90 367.00	875.18 312.12	749.85 412.12	0.312