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Table 3 Demographic and laboratory features of subjects with low iron status compared to subjects with normal iron status.

From: The Abnormal Measures of Iron Homeostasis in Pediatric Obesity Are Associated with the Inflammation of Obesity

 

Low Iron (45 mcg/dL)

Normal Iron (45 mcg/dL)

(Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test)

12

95

 

Male

5 (42%)

41 (43%)

 

Female

7 (58%)

54 (57%)

 

Mean

   

  Age (years)

.968

  BMI (kg/m2)

.141

  BMI -score

.102

  Hs-crp (mg/L)

.095

  Hemoglobin (gm/dL)

*

.005

  Ferritin (g/L)

+

.003

  Transferrin saturation (%)

.001

  FEP (g/dL RBC)

**

.001

  1. * ; +; **.
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International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology

ISSN: 1687-9856

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