Table 2.

Iron management parameters concentrations in tissues and the activity of rats ($\overline{x}$ ± SD)

Lp.	Parameter	Experimental groups ($\overline{x}$ ± SD)						ANOVA (F, p)
		K	K/2	GI	GII	GIII	GIV
1.	Hb (g/dL)	14.64 ± 0.26b	14.85 ± 0.82b	14.76 ± 0.79b	14.36 ± 0.48b	13.48 ± 0.64a	13.50 ± 0.78a	4.7, p < 0.01
2.	Hct (%)	44.07 ± 1.22b	44.63 ± 3.33b	43.59 ± 3.20b	43.50 ± 1.94b	40.67 ± 2.06b	40.54 ± 1.95a	2.9, p < 0.05
3.	RBC (million/μL)	8.29 ± 0.40b	8.37 ± 0.43b	8.26 ± 0.62b	8.10 ± 0.36b	7.41 ± 0.56a	7.53 ± 0.41a	3.0, p < 0.05
4.	MCV (fL)	53.25 ± 1.49	53.30 ± 1.41	52.83 ± 1.43	53.78 ± 1.47	53.94 ± 1.70	53.89 ± 1.09	0.6, NS
5.	MCH (pg)	17.72 ± 0.85	17.79 ± 0.44	17.93 ± 0.51	17.78 ± 0.64	17.89 ± 0.59	17.95 ± 0.36	0.2, NS
6.	MCHC (g/dL)	33.23 ± 1.06	33.33 ± 1.07	33.90 ± 0.71	33.02 ± 0.93	33.17 ± 0.22	33.31 ± 0.74	0.8, NS
7.	TIBC (μg/dL)	502.0 ± 35.8	498.3 ± 68.2	512.3 ± 78.2	473.8 ± 68.2	495.9 ± 95.8	483.2 ± 49.8	2.1, NS
8.	Serum Fe (μg/dL)	230.6 ± 91.0	246.1 ± 90.5	244.0 ± 97.8	272.0 ± 69.2	263.5 ± 36.7	242.0 ± 40.6	0.2, NS
9.	Liver Fe (mg/g d.m.)	1.62 ± 0.37b	1.94 ± 0.26c	1.91 ± 0.27bc	1.77 ± 0.43bc	1.58 ± 0.27ab	1.46 ± 0.21a	2.7, p < 0.05
10.	Kidney Fe (μg/g d.m.)	321.1 ± 60.7a	485.7 ± 107.7b	487.7 ± 62.1b	466.1 ± 62.4b	476.5 ± 32.0b	535.6 ± 91.6c	6.6, p < 0.001
11.	Heart Fe (μg/g d.m.)	405.1 ± 161.7b	474.5 ± 81.9c	404.4 ± 50.8ab	345.9 ± 71.8a	451.1 ± 96.9bc	412.5 ± 99.0bc	2.8, p < 0.05
12.	Spleen Fe (μg/g d.m.)	1.097.3 ± 366.5	1.401.7 ± 341.3	1.182.7 ± 305.9	1.350.8 ± 664.1	1.445.1 ± 316.9	1.195.2 ± 313.2	0.6, NS
13.	Serum ferritin (μg/dL)	2.82 ± 0.27c	1.54 ± 0.17a	1.72 ± 0.13b	1.69 ± 0.18b	3.29 ± 1.23d	5.26 ± 2.16e	17.1, p < 0.001
14.	Rats activity (no. of approaches to the feeder)	3.60 ± 0.35d	3.17 ± 1.58c	2.98 ± 1.42c	2.44 ± 1.45b	1.35 ± 0.96a	1.41 ± 0.87a	30.3, p < 0.001

NS not significant

^a,b,cSignificant differences at p < 0.05 between groups