Table 1.

Age and anthropometric measurements of the study subjects.

Anthropometric measurements	IDA (n = 49)	Microcytic normal ferritin (n = 23)	Normal control (normocytic) (n = 20)	P-valuea
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age	19.6 ± 1.3	20.1 ± 1.5	20.0 ± 1.7	0.369
Weight (kg)	59.0 ± 8.5	60.4 ± 9.9	59.2 ± 12.2	0.842
Height (cm)	159.6 ± 4.7	164.0 ± 5.9	161.7 ± 5.9	0.006
Body mass index	23.1 ± 3.0	22.4 ± 3.5	22.5 ± 4.2	0.674

IDA, iron deficiency anemia; SD, standard deviation.

^aANOVA.