Table 2.

Correlations between serum ferritin and other factors

Characteristic	Correlation coefficients	$P$ value
ALB	$-$0.142	0.004
WBC	0.166	0.010
Hb	0.052	0.296
MCV	0.191	0.0001
CRP	0.439	0.0001
ALT	0.089	0.074
CA125	0.253	0.0001
CEA	0.062	0.213
AFP	0.078	0.120
CA153	0.281	0.0001

ALB, albumin; WBC, white blood cell; Hb, hemoglobin; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; CRP, C-reactive protein; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CA125, cancer antigen 125; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; AFP, alpha fetoprotein; CA153, cancer antigen 153.