Table 1.

Comparison analysis of demographic characteristics and serum levels of pancreatic secretions among study control subjects with normal serum iron (≥50 µg/dL) and iron-deficient patients

	Control	Iron-deficient	p value
Female:male ratio	8.2:1	7.1:1	>0.05
Age, years	38.8±1.4	38.6±1.6	>0.05
Iron, µg/dL	84.0±2.5	52.5±0.8	<0.001
Insulin, pmol/L	68.7±0.5	100.0±2.0	<0.001
Glucagon, pmol/L	17.9±0.6	10.8±0.8	<0.001
IGR	4.0±0.1	19.5±2.1	<0.001
Amylase, IU/L	29.7±0.9	17.5±0.2	<0.001

IGR, insulin-to-glucagon ratio.