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Table 5.

Predictors for hepcidin-25 and FTN.

Parameter Estimates
	Log Hepcidin-25, ng/mL		95% CI		p Value	Log Ferritin, ng/mL		95% CI		p Value
Variables	B	SE	Lower	Upper	p Value	B	SE	Lower	Upper	p Value
hepcidin-25, ng/mL						0.297	0.030	0.239	0.355	0.000
FTN, ng/mL	0.754	0.060	0.637	0.871	0.000
RBC, 10⁴/μL	0.790	0.312	0.178	1.401	0.011	−1.392	0.182	−1.749	−1.035	0.000
MCH, pg/cell	1.667	0.789	0.121	3.213	0.035	0.858	0.514	−0.150	1.866	0.095
TSAT, %	0.372	0.116	0.144	0.600	0.001	0.233	0.068	0.099	0.367	0.001
ESA, IU/week	−0.353	0.055	−0.462	−0.245	0.000	−0.084	0.045	−0.172	0.005	0.064
FCH, 750 mg	−0.141	0.056	−0.252	0.031	0.012	−0.101	0.068	−0.234	0.031	0.135
FCH, 1500 mg	−0.144	0.061	−0.263	−0.026	0.017	0.131	0.072	−0.009	0.270	0.067
FCH, 2250 mg	0 ^a					0 ^a
age	0.000	0.001	−0.002	0.003	0.773	0.000	0.0015	−0.003	0.003	0.798
sex, female	0.130	0.036	0.060	0.200	0	−0.037	0.033	−0.101	0.028	0.263
sex, male	0 ^a					0 ^a

^a This parameter is redundant and is set to 0. RBC, Red blood cell; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; TSAT, transferrin saturation; FTN, ferritin; ESA, erythropoiesis-stimulating agent; FCH, ferric citrate hydrate.