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. 2011 Oct 1;36(4):703–709. doi: 10.1007/s00264-011-1367-7

Table 1.

Ferrokinetic studies

Collection time Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 P value
Fe (μg/L) Baseline 13.72 ± 3.54 (8.00–23.00) 15.29 ± 4.04 (7.80–23.50) 14.27 ± 3.95 (7.00–25.90) 0.276
At the end of the study 12.09 ± 4.72 (7.60–32.00) 12.71 ± 4.17 (8.64–31.00) 11.37 ± 2.58 (7.32–28.00) 0.4
TIBC (μg/L) Baseline 53.81 ± 6.16 (40.20–67.00) 56.41 ± 8.22 (44.60–78.00) 56.44 ± 4.26 (49.00–66.00) 0.189
At the end of the study 52.53 ± 8.39 (40.10–87) 54.15 ± 5.59 (46.50–72.00) 55.42 ± 5.11 (45.60–65.00) 0.22
Ferritin (ng/ml) Baseline 78.56 ± 12.6 (45.3–136.8) 81.25 ± 9.8 (52.0–141.80) 76.21 ± 10.2 (50.0–130.6) 0.326
At the end of the study 62.7 ± 10.2 (40.6–124.8) 58.7 ± 12.8 (46.4–130.80) 70.7 ± 10.8 (59.7131.8) 0.354
Transferrin saturation (%) Baseline 25.72 ± 5.49 (15.00–42.80) 26.94 ± 6.64 (14.90–39.60) 24.96 ± 6.39 (12.10–43.00) 0.5
At the end of the study 21.72 ± 11.41 (10.90–77.00) 20.17 ± 6.44 (13.30–33.90) 20.53 ± 4.49 (11.60–32.20) 0.239

Data shown as mean ± standard deviation, with minimal and maximal values in parentheses

Fe iron, TIBC total iron-binding capacity