Zinc Acetate Hydrate Supplementation versus Polaprezinc Supplementation for Improving Hypozincemia in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 3

Coefficient of correlation of parameters with serum zinc concentration.

Parameters	Correlation coefficients	value
Age	0.226	<0.0001
HD vintage	−0.143	0.007
Serum copper	−0.310	<0.0001
Alkaline phosphatase	0.085	0.112
ALT	−0.013	0.812
AST	0.033	0.537
LDH	0.047	0.379
Total bilirubin	0.023	0.673
Serum calcium	0.078	0.144
Serum creatinine	−0.284	<0.0001
Serum chlorine	−0.044	0.413
Serum phosphate	−0.076	0.153
Serum sodium	−0.009	0.872
Serum potassium	−0.209	<0.0001
Hemoglobin	0.009	0.864
Glucose	0.014	0.790
LDL-cholesterol	0.044	0.411
CRP	−0.141	0.008
Total cholesterol	−0.028	0.595
Total protein	0.060	0.257
Serum albumin	0.061	0.249
Transthyretin	−0.044	0.414
Urea nitrogen	−0.173	0.001
BNP	0.159	0.003
Dry body weight	−0.253	<0.0001
Systolic blood pressure	0.019	0.717
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.113	0.033

ALT, alkaline aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; CRP, C-reactive protein; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.