Serum Sulphate Levels in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 3

Clinical and biochemical correlations of plasma i-SO₄ level in the HD group.

	r	value
Age (years)	−0.303	0.004
Urea (mg/dl)	0.459	<0.001
Alb (g/dl)	0.23	<0.001
CCa (mg/dl)	−0.128	0.225
Phosphorus (mg/dl)	0.206	0.050
HD time (months)	0.224	0.060
PTH (pg/ml)	0.154	0.187

Alb: serum albumin concentration; CCa: corrected calcium; HD time: the duration of hemodialysis which was calculated in years from the start of hemodialysis therapy; PTH: parathormone; Hb: hemoglobin.