Clinical Study
Serum Hepcidin Levels and Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Concentrations as Indicators of the Iron Status of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
Table 1
The profile of the patients.
| | Number | 52 | | Sex F/M | 22/30 | | DM n (%) | 13 (25) | | Age (year) | | | Duration of PD (month) | | | BUN (mg/dL) | | | Cr (mg/dL) | | | TP (g/dL) | | | Kt/V | | | Weekly CCr | | | Urine volume (mL/day) | | | Anemia n (%) | 28 (53.8) | | Iron deficiency n (%) | 4 (7.7) | | Hb (g/dL) | | | Ht (%) | | | Fe (g/dL) | | | TIBC (g/dL) | | | TSAT (%) | | | Ferritin (ng/mL) | | | Ret (%) | | | RET-He (pg) | | | Hepcidin-25 (ng/mL) | | | CRP (mg/dL) | | | IL-6 (pg/mL) | | | ESA use n (%) | 48 (92.3) | | I Epoetin beta n (%) | 16 (30.8) | | I Epoetin beta (U/month) | | | I Dalbepoetin alpha (%) | 32 (61.5) | | I Dalbepoetin alpha (g/month) | |
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