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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2009 May 11;49(9):1971–1976. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02207.x

TABLE 3.

Iron study results in apheresis donors with low MCV values and acceptable Hb levels*

MCV fL
 Ferritin mcg/dL
Low MCV donors with Males (nl = 79-100) Females (nl = 82-97) Males (nl = 18-370) Females (nl = 9-120) % Transferrin saturation (nl = 15-62)
Iron deficiency 78.4 ± 1.8 78.4 ± 1.0 15.4 ± 12.5 6.0 ± 1.0 11.8 ± 8.2
Hemoglobinopathy without iron deficiency 75.3 ± 4.5 73.0 ± 7.1 70.3 ± 35.5 48.5 ± 19.1 23.3 ± 7.2
Iron deficiency and hemoglobinopathy 78.0 ± 0.0 78.5 ± 0.7 38.3 ± 25.2 15.0 ± 2.8 17.6 ± 8.7
*

Data are reported as mean ± SD.

nl = normal range for laboratory test.