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 |