Table 4.
Homocysteine level in relation to serum ferritin of the study population.
| Homocysteine (μmol/L) |
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|---|---|---|
| Pearson correlation (r) | P-valuea | |
| Serum ferritin (ng/mL) | −0.592 | 0.000 |
| Vitamin B12 (pg/mL) | −0.361 | 0.000 |
| WBC (× 109 L−1) | −0.262 | 0.012 |
| RBC (× 1012 L−1) | 0.038 | 0.720 |
| Hb (g/dL) | −0.364 | 0.000 |
| Hct (%) | −0.337 | 0.001 |
| MCV (fl) | −0.352 | 0.001 |
| MCH (pg) | −0.359 | 0.000 |
| MCHC (g/dL) | −0.248 | 0.017 |
| PLT (× 109 L−1) | −0.178 | 0.090 |
WBC, white blood cell count; RBC, red blood cell count; Hb, hemoglobin; Hct, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; and PLT, platelet count.
a
ANOVA.