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. 2012 Dec;62(6):508–515.

Table 2.

Effects of sex on iron indices (mean ± 1 SD) in bottlenose dolphins

Female dolphins (n = 81) Male dolphins (n = 92) Kruskal–Wallis P
Iron (μg/dL) 225 ± 155 147 ± 95 <0.001
Total iron-binding capacity (μg/dL) 337 ± 128 275 ± 78 0.002
Ferritin (ng/dL) 5884 ± 13344 6264 ± 19224 0.84
Transferrin saturation (%) 61 ± 24 50 ± 23 0.003
Haptoglobin (mg/dL) 28 ± 32 24 ± 19 0.16
Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL) 22 ± 10 22 ± 13 0.24