Table 3. Distribution of iron profile based on IDA status and severity of malnutrition.

TIBC: total iron binding capacity; SAM: severe acute malnutrition; MAM: moderate acute malnutrition; IDA: iron deficiency anemia; IDWA: iron deficiency without anemia

Iron deficiency anemia

Serum ferritin (mean±SD)

Serum iron (mean±SD)

Serum TIBC (mean±SD)

Serum transferrin saturation (mean±SD)

MAM

SAM

p-value

MAM

SAM

p-value

MAM

SAM

p-value

MAM

SAM

p-value

Present (IDA) (n=181)

10.06±3.12

9.64±3.44

0.388

33.15±9.99

32.23±11.56

0.571

419.59±53.20

417.03±70.59

0.781

7.87±2.42

8.00±3.09

0.758

Absent (IDWA) (n=11)

9.32±2.25

6.62±3.30

0.137

15.37±2.50

21.05±12.30

0.251

437.00±30.21

484.00±42.88

0.060

3.85±0.69

4.50±2.38

0.507

p-value

0.539

0.090

-

<0.0001

0.063

-

0.394

0.064

-

<0.0001

0.058

-