Serum myokine (myostatin and IGF-1) measurement as predictors in hemodialysis patients

Table 3 Univariate correlation of serum myostatin and IGF-1 to clinical parameters

Clinical parameters	Myostatin, pg/mL		IGF-1, ng/mL
Clinical parameters	r	p	r	p
Age, years	− 0.326	0.000	− 0.269	0.003
Dialysis vintage, years	0.072	0.443	− 0.168	0.070
Total protein, g/dL	− 0.093	0.317	0.071	0.445
Albumin, g/dL	0.220	0.017	0.128	0.168
Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL	0.148	0.111	0.392	< 0.0001
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.417	< 0.0001	0.278	0.002
Creatinine phosphokinase, IU/L	0.329	0.000	− 0.066	0.479
Protein catabolism rate, g/kg/day	0.068	0.469	0.246	0.008
Transferrin, mg/dL	0.089	0.345	0.227	0.015
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	− 0.036	0.699	0.248	0.007
LDL, mg/dL	− 0.130	0.164	0.183	0.048
HDL, mg/dL	0.168	0.070	− 0.039	0.674
Triglyceride, mg/dL	− 0.018	0.847	0.307	0.001
CRP, mg/dL	− 0.232	0.012	0.101	0.919
hANP, pg/mL	− 0.145	0.119	− 0.256	0.005
β2-MG, mg/dL	− 0.117	0.209	0.010	0.916
Kt/V	− 0.085	0.366	0.035	0.712

CRP C-reactive protein, hANP human atrial natriuretic polypeptide, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, MG macroglobulin

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