Table 5 Ferritin and all-cause mortality in MHD patients

Kletzmayr (2002) [6]

Austria n = 100

600

HR of all-cause mortality increased in ferritin > 600 ng/mL

Kalantar-Zadeh (2005) [7]

the USA n = 58,058

N/A (12 groups)

HR of all-cause mortality increased in ferritin > 1200 ng/mL

Jenq (2009) [8]

3 centers in Taiwan n = 187

200, 700

More all-cause mortality in ferritin > 700 ng/mL than in two other groups

Hasuike (2010) [9]

7 centers in Japan n = 94

100

HR of all-cause mortality was 4.18 in ferritin > 100 ng/mL

This study

A single center in Japan n = 116

100

HR of all-cause mortality was 2.49 in ferritin > 100 ng/mL