Table 3.

Comparison of non-anemia and anemia in the obese population by sex.

	Women		Adjusted p value	Men		Adjusted p value
	Non-anemia	Anemia		Non-anemia	Anemia
sTfR (mg/L)	3.58 ± 0.05	7.28 ± 0.44	<0.001*	3.01 ± 0.07	3.11 ± 0.41	0.569
Ln SF	3.97 ± 0.04	2.44 ± 0.11	<0.001*	5.07 ± 0.07	5.59 ± 0.64	0.458
Elevated CRP or HsCRP, n (%)	516 (51.9)	76 (49.5)	0.545	208 (57.3)	9 (100)	0.034*

^*p<0.05. Adjusted for: age, race, education, and family income.

sTfR, Soluble transferrin receptor; Ln SF, Ln serum ferritin; CRP, C-Reactive protein; Hs-CRP, Hypersensitive C-reactive protein.