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. 2013 Apr 12;8(4):e61058. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061058

Table 2. Hematological parameters of adult rats treated with control and restricted-iron (ARI) or enriched-iron (AEI) diets and of young rats.

Young Control ARI AEI
Erythrocytes (million/mm3) 8.82±0.34 8.62±0.48 8.90±0.68 8.75±0.39
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 17.3±0.9 (**) 15.8±0.5 16.5±0.6 16.2±0.8
Hematocrit (%) 51.6±3.2 (***) 45.1±1.0 47.4±1.7 (*) 46.7±1.2 (*)
Serum Iron (µg/dL) 242±106 226±34 164±99 346±78 (**)
Transferrin saturation (%) 58.9±22.3 63.7±19.8 39.6±23.6 75.2±13.2
Transferrin (mg/dL) 282±22 283±49 294±25 320±32
C-Reactive Protein (mg/dL) 0.33±0.11 (*) 0.48±0.06 0.56±0.12 0.38±0.11 (*)
Gamma glutamyl transferase (U/L) 3±2 1±0 1±0 7±5 (*)

Average and standard deviation: n = 7 (CT); n = 5 (ARI); n = 8 (AEI); n = 6 (young). Difference between the control group and test groups:

*

p≤0.05;

**

p≤0.01;

***

p≤0.001 (Student's t-test).