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Comparison of means, standard deviations, and ranges of iron analytes among free-ranging bottlenose dolphins with and without low serum iron (less than 100 μg/dL)
| Low serum iron (n = 37) |
Not low serum iron (n = 21) |
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| Mean | 1 SD | Mean | 1 SD | Kruskal–Wallis P | |
| Total iron-binding capacity (μg/dL) | 220 | 40 | 258 | 79 | 0.009 |
| Transferrin saturation (%) | 32 | 9 | 52 | 14 | <0.001 |
| Ferritin (ng/dL) | 344 | 407 | 231 | 414 | 0.08 |
| Ceruloplasmin (mg/dL) | 15 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 0.69 |
| Haptoglobin (mg/dL) | 18 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 0.03 |
