Table 5.
Comparison of means, standard deviations, and ranges of iron analytes among bottlenose dolphins with and without high serum iron (greater than 300 μg/dL) in managed collections
| High serum iron (n = 28) |
Not high serum iron (n = 87) |
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| Mean | 1 SD | Mean | 1 SD | Kruskal–Wallis P | |
| Total iron-binding capacity (μg/dL) | 488 | 116 | 296 | 57 | <0.001 |
| Transferrin saturation (%) | 87 | 11 | 57 | 22 | <0.001 |
| Ferritin (ng/dL) | 14,810 | 20,562 | 5081 | 6731 | 0.001 |
| Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL) | 25 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 0.82 |
| Haptoglobin (mg/dL) | 24 | 15 | 29 | 34 | 0.83 |
| WBC count (×103 cells/μL) | 9000 | 3000 | 9000 | 4000 | 0.49 |
| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h) | 22 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0.02 |