Table 4. Correlation between nutritional and laboratory variables in the groups of patients with and without anemia.

Variable	Patients with anemia		Patients without anemia		p*
	n	Mean ± SD	n	Mean ± SD
BMI	131	18.047 ± 2.85	17	19.55 ± 3.22	0.044
TST	143	5.85 ± 3.44	17	8.7 ± 5.72	0.003
AMA	140	24.12 ± 9.95	17	26.88 ± 8.92	0.276
Transferrin	130	175.71 ± 59.64	17	189.29 ± 51.06	0.372
Ferritin	130	534.30 ± 266.98	17	416.54 ± 313.34	0.403
MCV	148	81.83 ± 7.99	18	83.42 ± 5.66	0.415
RDW	148	16.54 ± 3.50	18	14.94 ± 2.92	0.065
CRP	147	6.06 ± 4.23	18	4.04 ± 3.89	0.055
ESR	148	69.49 ± 39.56	18	25.89 ± 21.56	< 0.001

^BMI: body mass index

^TST: triceps skinfold thickness

^AMA: arm muscle area

^MCV: mean corpuscular volume

^RDW: red blood cell distribution width

^CRP: C-reactive protein

^*Student's t-test.