Research Article

Type of Renal Replacement Therapy (Hemodialysis versus Peritoneal Dialysis) Does Not Affect Cytokine Gene Expression or Clinical Parameters of Renal Transplant Candidates

Table 4

Statistically significant correlations between gene expression (ΔΔCt) and clinical parameters.

Clinical parameterGeneCorrelation coefficient

BMILCN2 0.44<0.001

Age at KTxTP53 −0.320.028

WBCFOXP3 −0.410.001
IL2 −0.330.025
IL6 −0.340.020
LCN2 0.440.002
TNF −0.360.005
TP53 −0.260.043

Serum albumin levelIL10 0.410.004

KTx: kidney transplantation; Pearson correlation; Spearman rank correlation.