Sex; age; weight, presence or absence of a diabetes mellitus and/or a cardiomyopathy with EF<50%; haemoglobin; creatinine; BUN; pH; ionized calcium; albumin; CRP; ferritin; PTH; epoetin and iron dose; epoetin administration route sc vs. iv; Kt/V. The gene discussed is ALB; the disease is cardiomyopathy.