Table 3.

Iron status of patients and controls

Parameter	Patients (n = 44)		Controls (n = 30)		P-value
	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD
S iron (μg/dl)	11.0–157.0	64.6 ± 29.2	55.0–157.0	99.1 ± 27.5	0.000*
TIBC (μg/dl)	251–481	396.3 ± 48.8	234–419	329.4 ± 51.4	0.000*
% TS	5.3–35.6	17.9 ± 7.0	17.8–41.9	26.9 ± 6.7	0.000*
S ferritin (μg/l)	2.0–35.0	11.3 ± 8.5	17.0–170.0	50.9 ± 33.5	0.000*

(Unpaired Student t test) * Significant