TABLE 3.
Univariate correlations of iron absorption with iron and inflammation indexes on day 1 (before malarial treatment) and day 25 (after malarial treatment) in Beninese women (n = 23) with asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia1
| Iron absorption on day 1 | Iron absorption on day 25 | |
| Serum ferritin2 | −0.5543 | −0.7843 |
| Serum transferrin receptor4 | 0.5763 | — |
| Total-iron-binding capacity4 | 0.4725 | — |
| Serum iron2 | — | −0.4735 |
| Transferrin saturation2 | — | −0.4565 |
| C-reactive protein2 | −0.4915 | — |
| Hepcidin2 | — | −0.6793 |
| GDF-154 | −0.4465 | — |
1
GDF-15, growth differentiation factor 15.
2
Spearman's rho correlations.
3
P < 0.01 (2-tailed).
4
Pearson's correlation coefficients.
5
P < 0.05 (2-tailed).