TABLE 3.

Clinical factors that increase the likelihood of a patient with a modest elevation in ferritin level having C282Y-linked hemochromatosis

Caucasian

Elevated transferrin saturation

Normal AST and ALT levels

Absence of daily alcohol consumption

Absence of fatty liver disease

Family history of iron overload

ALT Alanine aminotransferase; AST Aspartate aminotransferase