Table 2.

Partial correlations between change in serum ferritin level and change in levels of MetS components

	Men r (95% CI)	Women r (95% CI)
Waist	0.21 (0.11 to 0.35)***	0.15 (0.05 to 0.24)**
Triglycerides	0.20 (0.11 to 0.31)***	0.09 (-0.01 to 0.17)
HDL-C	-0.12 (-0.25 to -0.01)*	-0.13 (-0.22 to -0.02)*
Glucose	0.20 (0.07 to 0.33)***	0.08 (-0.02 to 0.18)
Systolic BP	-0.03 (-0.15 to 0.11)	0.02 (-0.07 to 0.12)
Diastolic BP	0.03 (-0.11 to 0.18)	0.03 (-0.09 to 0.13)

*p <0.05, **p <0.01, ***p <0.001.

Adjusted for age, baseline smoking, baseline physical activity, baseline use of alcohol, baseline serum ferritin level, baseline body mass index and baseline high sensitivity C-reactive protein.

HDL: high density cholesterol; Systolic BP: systolic blood pressure; Diastolic BP:diastolic blood pressure.