Table 3.

Iron status and inflammatory markers in patients who did or did not receive IV iron before referral

Characteristic	No iron n = 37	Received IV iron n = 37	P value
Serum albumin (g/dl)	2.96 ± 0.06	4.16 ± 0.06	<0.0001
Iron (microgm/dl)	81.6 ± .67	225.3 ± 60.4	0.002
TSAT (percent)	24.1 ± 1.8	39.9 ± 3.9	0.0023
Serum ferritin (ng/ml)	285.9 ± 57.6	397.5 ± 52.8	<0.0076
Serum CRP (mg/l)	22.15 ± 2.05	49.5 ± 5.7	<0.0001
Interleukin-6 (pg/ml)	23 ± 2.8	35.4 ± 5.3	<0.0081
TNF-α (pg/ml)	37.3 ± 2.6	48.9 ± 4.6	<0.001
Prohepcidin (ng/ml)	307.7 ± 19.8	359.3 ± 52.8	0.12

BMI-Body mass index, Σ Skin fold thickness – sum of the triceps, biceps, subscapular, and suprailiac skin fold thicknesses, MAMC – mid arm muscle circumference, TSAT- Transferrin saturation, CRP – C reactive protein, TNF-α - Tumor necrosis factor alpha