TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of 32 women who participated in the study
| Reduced iron stores (serum ferritin concentration ≤25 μg/L; n = 16) | Replete iron stores (serum ferritin concentration >25 μg/L; n = 16) | All (n = 32) | |
| Demographics | |||
| Age (y) | 21.7 (18.9–32.9)1 | 22.2 (19.1–27.4) | 21.9 (18.9–32.9) |
| Anthropometric measures | |||
| Weight (kg) | 57.9 ± 6.52 | 59.9 ± 4.6 | 58.9 ± 5.6 |
| Height (m) | 1.67 ± 0.06 | 1.68 ± 0.04 | 1.68 ± 0.05 |
| BMI (m/kg2) | 20.7 ± 2.0 | 21.2 ± 1.6 | 21.0 ± 1.8 |
| Laboratory measures | |||
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 13.3 ± 0.6 | 13.4 ± 0.6 | 13.3 ± 0.6 |
| Serum ferritin (μg/L) | 16.7 ± 6.63 | 39.1 ± 10.1 | 27.9 ± 14.2 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 2.1 (0.3–22.6) | 0.5 (0.3–2.2) | 0.9 (0.3–22.6) |
1
Median; range in parentheses (all such values).
2
Mean ± SD (all such values).
3
Significantly different from replete iron stores, P < 0.001 (independent t test).