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Tables 3 Biochemical profile of study population in relation to gender

From: Evaluation of serum iron overload, AST:ALT ratio and log10ferritin:AST ratio among schizophrenia patients in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana: a case–control study

Parameter

Control

p-value

T

p-value

TN

p-value

Males (n = 26)

Females (n = 24)

Male (n = 34)

Female (n = 41)

Male (n = 36)

Female (n = 39)

Iron (µmol/l)

26.53 ± 2.8

25.66 ± 1.69

0.0921

36.33 ± 2.01$

#30.82 ± 1.99$$

0.0573

52.68 ± 2.75

#35.85 ± 1.89

< 0.0001

UIBC (µmol/l)

42.12 ± 4.40

39.76 ± 3.35

0.0604

26.46 ± 3.6$

#25.18 ± 2.99$$

0.5290

39.63 ± 4.02

#33.04 ± 5.34

< 0.0001

TIBC (µmol/l)

60.65 ± 5.7

59.03 ± 4.03

0.7190

67.14 ± 2.65$

#61.03 ± 3.01$$

0.7330

75.96 ± 2.87

#63.86 ± 2.61

0.0026

log10ferritin

1.72 ± 0.05

1.71 ± 0.07

0.0807

2.00 ± 0.04$

1.72 ± 0.06$$

0.0005

1.97 ± 0.05

#1.76 ± 0.05

0.0035

STfR (µmol/l)

2.29 ± 0. 18

2.35 ± 0.13

0.0899

4.12 ± 0.16$

#3.83 ± 0.21$$

0.2977

5.13 ± 0.23

#4.05 ± 0.12

< 0.0001

%T. saturation

44.88 ± 1.16

44.52 ± 2.64

0.9132

34.97 ± 1.7$

#32.02 ± 1.34$$

0.1092

63.56 ± 1.76

#58.74 ± 2.64

0.1188

Markers of liver function

 AST (U/l)

17.92 ± 1.80

17.17 ± 1.01

0.0512

23.03 ± 0.85$

#24.78 ± 2.00$$

0.4558

30.53 ± 3.21

#25.69 ± 1.66

0.1756

 ALT (U/l)

15.50 ± 2.07

14.79 ± 1.63

0.0668

18.09 ± 1.17$

#16.88 ± 1.12$$

0.4593

19.31 ± 1.83

#17.82 ± 1.23

0.4967

 GGT

21.10 ± 1.6

20.31 ± 1.4

0.0701

29.81 ± 1.9$

#28.12 ± 1.3$$

0.6311

36.81 ± 2.3

#35.21 ± 2.0

0.5571

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD)
  2. T treatment, TN treatment naïve
  3. p<0.05 for comparison between male control and male T or TN group)
  4. #p < 0.05 for comparison between female control and female T or TN group
  5. $p<0.05 for comparison between male T and male TN group
  6. $$p<0.05 for comparison between male T male TN group