HAMP and infection: As shown in Table 3, compared with the reference group, hepcidin-25 in the tertile 3 group was associated with a higher risk of all-cause [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 1.85, 95% confidence interval (95%CI), 1.14 to 3.00, P = 0.013] and infection-related mortality (adjusted subdistributional hazard ratio [aSHR], 2.61; 95%CI, 1.01 to 6.76, P = 0.049) after adjustment for potential confounders.