Table 3.

Factors associated with the improvement of serum ferritin level (>40%) (n=109)

Item	Crude		Adjusted (Model 1)		Adjusted (Model 2)
	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P	OR (95% CI)	P
Age	0.99 (0.95-1.03)	0.598	0.97 (0.90-1.04)	0.337	0.98 (0.92-1.04)	0.465
Disease duration	0.98 (0.96-0.99)	0.029*	0.97 (0.94-0.99)	0.017*
Type (Chronic/Acute)	0.27 (0.09-0.81)	0.019*			0.15 (0.04-0.56)	0.005*
Comorbidity count	1.12 (0.59-2.12)	0.729	2.03 (0.76-5.45)	0.159	1.26 (0.54-2.94)	0.593
Free T4	0.70 (0.12-3.91)	0.681	1.63 (0.20-13.23)	0.649	1.13 (0.15-8.29)	0.904

*P<0.05 is considered statistically significant. Free T4: Free thyroxine, OR: Odds ratio, CI: Confidence interval