Prescription characteristics of phosphate binders in a high pill burden for hemodialysis patients

Table 2 Single correlation analyses among patient background, total pill burden, and pill burden from PBs

	Age		Dialysis vintage		Serum corrected Ca		Serum P		Serum i-PTH		Serum Alb		nPCR
	(r)	(P)	(r)	(P)	(r)	(P)	(r)	(P)	(r)	(P)	(r)	(P)	(r)	(P)
Age (years)	―	―	- 0.128	0.003	0.054	0.216	-0.249	< 0.001	-0.148	0.003	-0.333	< 0.001	-0.056	0.207
Dialysis vintage (years)	- 0.128	0.003	―	―	0.128	0.004	0.023	0.600	-0.025	0.610	-0.014	0.752	0.110	0.012
Serum parameters
Corrected Ca (mg/dL)	0.054	0.216	0.128	0.004	―	―	-0.056	0.200	-0.308	< 0.001	-0.098	0.026	-0.013	0.763
P (mg/dL)	- 0.249	< 0.001	0.023	0.600	-0.056	0.200	―	―	0.194	< 0.001	0.179	<0.001	0.277	<0.001
i-PTH (pg/mL)	- 0.148	0.003	- 0.025	0.610	-0.308	< 0.001	0.194	< 0.001	―	―	0.024	0.623	0.051	0.307
Total pill burden (pills/day/patient)	- 0.192	< 0.001	0.314	< 0.001	-0.038	0.391	0.198	< 0.001	0.004	0.942	0.118	0.007	0.090	0.040
Pill burden from all PBs (pills/day/patient)	- 0.344	< 0.001	0.238	< 0.001	-0.031	0.530	0.188	< 0.001	0.084	0.126	0.152	0.002	0.119	0.018
Pill burden from individual PBs
Ca carbonate (pills/day/patient)	-0.287	<0.001	0.251	<0.001	-0.099	0.090	0.238	<0.001	0.037	0.567	0.114	0.050	0.068	0.248
La carbonate (pills/day/patient)	-0.252	0.001	0.123	0.115	-0.100	0.202	0.181	0.021	0.030	0.729	0.088	0.266	0.079	0.322
Fe-based PBs (pills/day/patient)	-0.277	0.004	0.236	0.016	-0.054	0.589	-0.058	0.561	0.047	0.661	0.187	0.058	-0.056	0.575
Polymeric PBs (pills/day/patient)	- 0.238	0.145	0.201	0.219	-0.208	0.211	0.151	0.367	0.013	0.944	-0.100	0.549	0.119	0.482

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