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. 2016 Aug 18;11(8):e0161033. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161033

Fig 2. Consumption of the low- and high-iron diets altered hematological parameters.

Fig 2

Hemoglobin (Hb) (A) and hematocrit (Hct) (B) were determined from whole blood collected from experimental animals at sacrifice. Serum nonheme iron (C), serum transferrin saturation (D) and total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) (E) were also quantified. Labeled means without a common letter differ (p<0.05). n values and abbreviations used are the same as in Fig 1. The Box-and-Whisker plots indicate the following: the minimum value (the lower whisker), the lower quartile, the median, the upper quartile and the maximum value (the upper whisker). 2-way ANOVA factor analysis results are as follows: hemoglobin (Fe: p<0.0001; Cu: p<0.0001; Fe X Cu: p<0.0001); hematocrit (Fe: p<0.0001; Cu: p<0.0001; Fe X Cu: p<0.0001); serum nonheme iron (Fe: p<0.0001; Cu: p<0.001; Fe X Cu: p<0.0001); serum transferrin saturation (Fe: p<0.0001; Cu: p<0.0001; Fe X Cu: p<0.001) and TIBC (Fe: p<0.0001; Cu: ns; Fe X Cu: p<0.001). ns, not significant.