Table 4 Correlation between pain severity and pain interference with laboratory parameters (albumin, calcium, phosphorus, PTH, and CRP).

From: Prevalence of chronic pain in hemodialysis patients and its correlation with C-reactive protein: a cross-sectional study

 

Pain severity score

Albumin

Calcium

Phosphorus

PTH

CRP

Pain interference

Pearson Correlation

0.878

−0.253

−0.043

0.020

0.077

0.297

P value*

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.495

0.751

0.217

 < 0.001

Pain severity score

Pearson Correlation

1

−0.200

−0.033

−0.039

0.083

0.294

P value*

 

0.001

0.598

0.527

0.182

 < 0.001

  1. CRP C-reactive protein; PTH parathyroid hormone.
  2. *The bold p value indicates that < 0.05, which considers significantly.
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