Inverse correlation of free triiodothyronine with glycated albumin and the glycated albumin/glycated hemoglobin ratio in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Univariate analysis of clinical parameters with GA, GA/HbA1c, and HbA1c in HD patients without DM

non-DM	GA		GA/HbA1c		HbA1c
non-DM	r	P	r	P	r	P
Av-PG	0.380	0.002	0.203	0.103	0.354	0.004
HbA1c	0.146	0.241	− 0.329	0.007
GA/HbA1c	0.884	< 0.001			− 0.329	0.007
FT3	− 0.511	< 0.001	− 0.514	< 0.001	0.053	0.673
Age	0.355	0.003	0.254	0.040	0.189	0.129
Men(= 1)/Women(= 0)	− 0.017	0.894	− 0.085	0.498	0.139	0.268
Hb	− 0.285	0.021	− 0.254	0.040	− 0.006	0.963
Alb	− 0.271	0.028	− 0.184	0.138	− 0.197	0.114
BMI	− 0.423	< 0.001	− 0.582	< 0.001	0.399	< 0.001
GNRI	− 0.405	< 0.001	− 0.446	< 0.001	0.091	0.469
ChE	− 0.393	0.001	− 0.351	0.004	− 0.036	0.777
Cr	− 0.228	0.065	− 0.191	0.125	− 0.095	0.449
P	− 0.362	0.003	− 0.361	0.003	0.027	0.831
T.Chol	− 0.191	0.125	− 0.099	0.427	− 0.181	0.146
Log CRP	− 0.029	0.815	− 0.111	0.374	0.206	0.097
HD duration	0.201	0.106	0.310	0.012	− 0.247	0.045
ESA dose	0.277	0.024	0.219	0.078	0.082	0.512

GA, Glycated albumin; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HD, hemodialysis; DM, diabetes mellitus; r, correlation coefficient; Av-PG, average plasma glucose; FT3, free triiodothyronine; Hb, hemoglobin; Alb, albumin; BMI, body mass index; GNRI, Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index; ChE, cholinesterase; Cr, creatinine; P, phosphate; T.Chol, total cholesterol; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESA, erythropoiesis-stimulating agent

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