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. 2024 Mar 13;11:1304127. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1304127

Table 2.

Comparison of anemia, Hb, MCV, Ln SF, Ln SF/sTfR, and elevated CRP or HsCRP of all participants by BF% quartiles.

1st quartile BF% 2nd quartile BF% 3rd quartile BF% 4th quartile BF% Unadjusted p value Adjusted p value
Anemia 40 (2.9) 59 (4.3) 94 (6.9) 115 (9) <0.001 0.633
Hb (g/dL) 14.54 ± 0.05 14.01 ± 0.06 13.66 ± 0.05 13.51 ± 0.06 <0.001 0.400
MCV (fl) 89.62 ± 0.24 89.44 ± 0.25 88.70 ± 0.23 87.12 ± 0.22 <0.001 <0.001
sTfR (mg/L) 3.00 ± 0.06 3.25 ± 0.06 3.55 ± 0.07 3.87 ± 0.07 <0.001 <0.001
Ln SF 4.47 ± 0.05 4.02 ± 0.05 3.81 ± 0.04 3.85 ± 0.33 <0.001 0.001
Ln SF/sTfR 1.67 ± 0.38 1.43 ± 0.03 1.28 ± 0.02 1.18 ± 0.02 <0.001 <0.001
Elevated CRP or HsCRP, n (%) 223 (22.2) 237 (22.4) 299 (29.7) 513 (52.2) <0.001 <0.001

Hb, Hemoglobin; MCV, Mean cell volume; Ln SF, Ln serum ferritin; sTfR, Soluble transferrin receptor; CRP, C-Reactive protein; and Hs-CRP, Hypersensitive C-reactive protein.

Adjusted for: age, race, education, and family income.