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Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Biochem. 2007 Mar 23;18(9):597–608. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2006.11.005

Table 1.

Effects of dietary copper and iron deprivation on hematocrit, plasma ceruloplasmin, liver copper and ferritin iron. Data are Means ± SD for the N in parentheses.

	Nutritional Copper or Iron Status
Parameter	Deficient	Supplemented	Excess
A. Rats on low copper diets
Hematocrit (%)	40 ± 6 (5)	45 ± 6 (5)	--
Plasma ceruloplasmin (p-phenylene diamine oxidase activity) (nmol/min/mL)	0.072 ± 0.008 (3)^*	0.125 ± 0.010 (3)	--
Liver copper (μg/g)	2.1 ± 0.4 (4)^*	3.5 ± 0.9 (5)	--
B. Rats on low iron diets
Hematocrit (%)	14 ± 5 (6)^*	45 ± 6 (8)	45 ± 5 (5)
Liver ferritin Fe (μg/g)	4 ± 4 (6)^*	31 ± 7 (8)	100 ± 37 (5)^*
Liver copper (μg/g)	11 ± 5 (4)^°	6 ± 2 (4)	4 ± 1 (4)

p < 0.025- <0.001 for difference from supplemented rats by Student’s t-test

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p < 0.05 for difference from excess Fe treated rats