Figure 2

The CRP levels of ESKD patients with and without ESA using at the initiation of renal replacement therapy. Significantly less CRP concentration was found in ESA user compared with non-user by using student’s t-test (0.42 ± 0.65 mg/dL vs. 0.61 ± 0.76 mg/dL). Solid line depicts the correlation coefficient by means of Pearson’s univariate regression analysis (r = −0.119, p = 0.0005).