Baseline characteristics of hemodialysis patients after receiving 6-month of IV administration of ferric chloride hexahydrate or not.

Abbreviations: ACEI, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin II receptor blockade; IV, intravenous; nPCR, normalized protein catabolic rate; PTH, parathyroid hormone.Other antihypertensives consisted of calcium channel blockers, β blockers, α blockers and diuretics.Values of C-reactive protein, and IV iron dose are reported as medians with interquartile ranges; other continuous variables are reported as means ± SD.Comparisons between two groups by aStudent’s t test;bPerson’s chi-square test, and cMann-Whitney U test.