Table 3.
Median Ferritin by Sample, Gender, Race, and Age
| |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | Caucasian | African American | Hispanic | Other | ||||
| Clinic sample: Median ferritin level μg/L (n) | ||||||||
| 5–8 | 24 (3) | 19.5 (20) | 16 (4) | 27 (11) | 29 (1) | 18 (1) | 15.5 (2) | 22.5 (8) |
| 9–12 | 18 (9) | 29 (10) | 42 (3) | 27 (11) | 55 (1) | 21 (5) | 19 (1) | 27 (3) |
| 13–18 | 5 (1) | 27 (5) | 8 (1) | 52.5 (2) | * | 25 (1) | * | * |
| NHANES 2001–2002: Median ferritin level μg/L (n) | ||||||||
| 5–8 | 47 (103) | 43 (103) | 40 (107) | 41 (100) | 47 (103) | 44 (104) | 44 (23) | 30 (13) |
| 9–12 | 32 (108) | 47.5 (116) | 39 (109) | 41 (134) | 47 (122) | 54 (118) | 78.5 (14) | 52.5 (10) |
| 13–18 | 48 (197) | 47 (170) | 44 (191) | 43 (205) | 41 (249) | 40.5 (204) | 48 (19) | 26 (30) |
NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
*
No data for these cells.