Plasma levels of the pro-inflammatory protein S100A12 (EN-RAGE) are associated with muscle and fat mass in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Correlations between TMA/DW, TSFA/DW, and Log sRAGE or Log S100A12 and Clinical Variables

	TMA/DW	TSFA/DW	Log sRAGE	Log S100A12
Age	−0.294^a	−0.113	−0.032	0.138
HD vintage	−0.023	−0.066	0.115	−0.231^a
BMI	0.033	0.266^a	−0.232^a	0.020
Total protein	−0.032	−0.013	0.088	0.033
Serum albumin	0.394^c	0.206	0.117	−0.294^b
Total cholesterol	0.177	0.341^b	−0.092	−0.011
LDL chlesterol	0.080	0.270^a	−0.120	0.023
Blood urea nitrogen	0.097	−0.154	−0.004	0.059
Serum creatinine	0.444^c	0.042^c	0.181	−0.111
Intact PTH	0.064	−0.022	−0.117	−0.147
β₂-microglobulin	−0.151	0.074	0.209	0.282^a
Kt/V_urea	−0.203^a	0.265^a	0.151	−0.072
nPCR	0.040	−0.109	0.017	0.041
CRP	−0.269^a	−0.343^b	−0.211	0.478^c
TMA/DW	-	−0.072	0.112	−0.237^a
TSFA/DW	−0.072	-	0.033	−0.261^a
Log sRAGE	0.112	0.033	-	−0.088
Log S100A12	−0.237^a	−0.261^a	−0.088	-

The data represent the correlation coefficients.
^a P < 0.05, ^b P < 0.01, ^c P < 0.001.
Abbreviations: TMA/DW TMA standardized for DW, TSFA/DW TSFA standardized for DW, LDL low-density lipoprotein, Kt/V _urea amount of dialysis delivered to each patient per treatment.

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