Central tendency and variance values for iron status and inflammatory biomarkers in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.

<p>HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis; Hb, hemoglobin; TIBC, total iron binding capacity; sTfR, soluble transferrin receptor; Hep-25; hepcidin-25; WBC, white blood cell count; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein; IL-6, Interleukin-6; IL-10, Interleukin-10; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor alpha; NA, not available.</p><p>Data are presented as means (± SD), or median and [minimum-maximum].</p><p>* P values determined according to t-test for normally distributed continuous variables, Mann-Whitney rank-sum tests for non-normally distributed continuous variables.</p><p>^† Log transformed variables.</p><p>^ǂ Only presented the range.</p><p>Central tendency and variance values for iron status and inflammatory biomarkers in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.