Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for iron measures, by diet

	Hct, %		Hb, g/dl		TIBC, μg/dl		TfS, %		Plasma Fe, μg/dl		Liver Fe, μg/g tissue		Spleen Fe, μg/g tissue
	AD	ID	AD	ID	AD	ID	AD	ID	AD	ID	AD	ID	AD	ID
Males
mean	45.22	29.65	12.42	6.79	627.83	838.01	28.27	19.72	166.5	167.67	105.52	28.56	749.73	74.76
SD	3.99	9.94	1.69	3.03	212.49	264.45	10.11	15.68	46.71	150.24	48.64	11.56	481.92	64.83
minimum	36	6	6.96	0.67	154.3	253.9	8.3	−0.6	64.2	9.7	20.3	13.5	30.9	12.7
maximum	57	528.6	17.47	528.6	1406.7	1977.5	62.4	528.6	304.2	1977.5	255.2	528.6	3891.7	528.6
n	256	246	256	245	252	239	253	233	253	236	260	244	253	238
Females
mean	45.2	34.21	12.43	8.14	595.12	754.2	32.86	16.42	182.97	115.71	153.78	32.92	1180.57	87.09
SD	3.89	8.26	1.85	2.64	224.21	209.93	13.02	13.16	54.31	100.27	63.34	28.54	1055.32	65.58
minimum	32	5	7.76	1	159.7	98.26	5.9	0.2	73.3	1.2	34.8	14.9	84.8	8.2
maximum	55	52	21.96	18.11	1478.9	1451.7	80.6	70.4	377.6	668	357.8	270.3	10415.3	576.3
n	242	239	244	235	241	229	243	227	247	222	249	227	241	230
Sexes Combined
mean	45.21	31.89	12.42	7.45	611.84	797	30.52	18.09	174.64	142.48	129.13	30.66	959.92	80.82
SD	3.94	9.42	1.76	2.92	218.69	242.72	11.84	14.57	51.23	130.94	61.22	21.57	841.05	65.42
minimum	32	5	6.96	0.67	154.3	98.26	5.9	−0.6	64.2	1.2	20.3	13.5	30.9	8.2
maximum	57	52	21.96	18.11	1478.9	1977.5	80.6	87.2	377.6	741.2	357.8	270.3	10415.3	576.3
n	498	485	500	480	493	468	496	460	500	458	509	471	494	468