Variables | Total (n = 200) | Control (N = 50) | T (n = 75) | ‡p-value | TN (N = 75) | #p-value |
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Markers of iron overload | ||||||
Serum iron (µmol/l) | 37.2 ± 1.1 | 31.3 ± 1.8 | 33.5 ± 1.4 | 0.3519 | 44.9 ± 1.8 | < 0.0001 |
Serum UIBC (µmol/l) | 60.9 ± 1.6 | 69.6 ± 2.1 | 66.2 ± 2.5 | 0.2846 | 40.0 ± 2.5 | < 0.0001 |
Serum TIBC (µmol/l) | 95.2 ± 2.4 | 100.9 ± 3.7 | 99.6 ± 3.4 | 0.5374 | 84.9 ± 3.1 | < 0.0001 |
Serum ferritin (ng/ml) | 92.1 ± 5.1 | 81.6 ± 7.5 | 94.3 ± 8.2 | 0.2827 | 97.0 ± 10.9 | 0.2956 |
log10 (ferritin) | 1.8 ± 0.0 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.0 | 0.5674 | 1.9 ± 0.0 | 0.3975 |
Serum transferrin (g/l) | 3.8 ± 0.1 | 4.02 ± 0.1 | 3.9 ± 0.1 | 0.3761 | 3.4 ± 0.1 | < 0.0001 |
% transferrin saturation | 39.2 ± 0.8 | 31.01 ± 0.9 | 33.6 ± 1.0 | 0.3145 | 52.9 ± 1.6 | < 0.0001 |
Markers of liver function | ||||||
Serum AST (U/l) | 24.7 ± 0.9 | 20.9 ± 1.2 | 23.9 ± 1.2 | 0.0773 | 28.0 ± 1.8 | 0.0035 |
Serum ALT (U/l) | 17.9 ± 0.6 | 17.8 ± 1.4 | 17.4 ± 0.8 | 0.8240 | 18.5 ± 1.1 | 0.6570 |
GGT (U/l) | 29.3 ± 1.8 | 21.32 ± 1.3 | 29.7 ± 1.9 | 0.0503 | 36.98 ± 2.4 | 0.0418 |
AST:ALT ratio | 1.5 ± 0.0 | 1.29 ± 0.0 | 1.50 ± 0.1 | 0.0282 | 1.61 ± 0.1 | 0.0004 |
log10ferrtin:AST ratio | 0.087 ± 0.0 | 0.096 ± 0.0 | 0.084 ± 0.0 | 0.0448 | 0.080 ± 0.0 | 0.0113 |