Table 2.

Correlation between the serum prohepcidin and the parameters for anemia in patients with and without atrophic gastritis.

	Atrophic gastritis-positive (n = 35)		Atrophic gastritis-negative (n = 35)
	Correlation coefficient (r)	P-value	Correlation coefficient (r)	P-value
Prohepcidin X Hb	0.036	0.837	0.267	0.120
Prohepcidin X SI	−0.200	0.250	0.026	0.880
Prohepcidin X SF	0.224	0.195	0.197	0.256
Prohepcidin X TIBC	0.171	0.327	0.104	0.552

R: Spearman coefficient; Hb: hemoglobin; SI: serum iron; SF: serum ferritin; TIBC: total iron binding capacity.