Table 3.
Hematologic and serum biochemistry data of study group.
| 2 h post-prandial |
Fasting |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron overload | Control | p-Value | Iron overload | Control | p-Value | |
| WBC (103/μl) | 8.5 ± 1.0 | 8.7 ± 3.4 | 0.730 | 10.2 ± 3.6 | 7.5 ± 1.1 | 0.191 |
| HGB (g/dl) | 12.6 ± 2.5 | 12.9 ± 0.8 | 0.730 | 12.0 ± 1.0 | 13.0 ± 0.8 | 0.214 |
| Platelets (103/μl) | 57.3 ± 23.0 | 78.2 ± 18.5 | 0.191 | 78.8 ± 14.6 | 104.0 ± 36.1 | 0.286 |
| Eosinophils (cells/μl) | 746 ± 266 | 1025 ± 900 | 0.905 | 1024 ± 638 | 1218 ± 365 | 0.905 |
| Glucose (mg/dl) | 98 ± 9 | 102 ± 7 | 0.905 | 117 ± 33 | 109 ± 16 | 0.556 |
| Protein (g/dl) | 7.0 ± 0.4 | 6.4 ± 0.4 | 0.079 | 7.3 ± 0.2 | 6.6 ± 0.5 | 0.056 |
| Albumin (g/dl) | 4.2 ± 1.9 | 4.9 ± 0.3 | 0.960 | 5.0 ± 0.8 | 4.2 ± 0.3 | 0.214 |
| Globulins (g/dl) | – | – | – | 2.9 ± 0.1 | 2.4 ± 0.3 | 0.095 |
| ALP (U/l) | 290 ± 152 | 320 ± 100 | 0.730 | 259 ± 134 | 262 ± 104 | 0.905 |
| LDH (U/l) | 476 ± 106 | 455 ± 55 | 1.000 | 462 ± 147 | 346 ± 70 | 0.214 |
| AST (U/l) | 275 ± 49 | 190 ± 111 | 0.191 | 346 ± 97 | 229 ± 100 | 0.191 |
| ALT (U/l) | 40 ± 5 | 27 ± 6 | 0.016* | 56 ± 9 | 29 ± 8 | 0.016* |
| GGT (U/l) | 50 ± 18 | 29 ± 7 | 0.079 | 66 ± 35 | 30 ± 9 | 0.048* |
| Bilirubin (mg/dl) | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.0 ± 0.1 | 0.048* | 0.2 ± 0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.1 | 0.119 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dl) | 234 ± 92 | 203 ± 25 | 1.000 | 245 ± 71 | 199 ± 29 | 0.286 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 101 ± 10 | 101 ± 36 | 0.786 | 124 ± 86 | 71 ± 18 | 0.191 |
| Fe (μg/dl) | 205 ± 65 | 162 ± 65 | 0.413 | 210 ± 85 | 159 ± 29 | 0.516 |
| ESR (mm/h) | 8 ± 11 | 13 ± 6 | 0.413 | 15 ± 21 | 9 ± 6 | 0.849 |
| eGFR (ml/min/2.78m2) | 217 ± 30 | 271 ± 32 | 0.087 | 199 ± 8 | 243 ± 39 | 0.119 |
| Insulin (μIU/ml) | 39 ± 19 | 8 ± 6 | 0.016* | 14 ± 12 | 17 ± 17 | 0.849 |
| Glucagon (pg/ml) | 155 ± 54 | 87 ± 54 | 0.286 | – | – | – |
| HOMA-IR | 10 ± 5 | 2 ± 1 | 0.032* | 4 ± 4 | 5 ± 5 | 0.730 |
A Wilcoxon rank-sum test was used to compare blood chemistry values between groups, and significance indicated by “*” if p < 0.05. A complete table of hematologic and serum biochemistry values can be found in Table S2 in Supplementary Material.