Inflammatory status in chronic renal failure: The role of homocysteinemia and pro-inflammatory cytokines

Table 3 Correlation among inflammation markers, total homocysteine and cytokines in chronic renal failure patients and glomerular filtration rate in uremic patients

	TNF-α	GFR
TNF-α	-	-0.75 P < 0.001
IL-1β	0.75 P < 0.001	-0.64 P < 0.001
IL-6	0.39 P < 0.001	-0.36 P < 0.001
tHcy	0.73 P < 0.001	-0.68 P < 0.001
CRP	0.72 P < 0.001	-0.71 P < 0.001
Fib	0.66 P < 0.001	-0.71 P < 0.001
Ferritin	-	-0.48 P < 0.001
Transferrin	-	0.60 P < 0.001

TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-1β: Interleukin-1β; IL-6: Interleukin-6; tHcy: Total homocysteine; CRP: C-reactive Protein; Fib: Fibrinogen; GFR: Glomerular filtration rate.