Table 5. Correlations between gene expressions and Fe concentration in blood.

	n	Erythrocyte Fe		Plasma Fe
		r	p-value	r	p-value
DMT1	105	0.14	0.194	0.18	0.077
Tf	96	0.17	0.101	0.20	0.053
Hepcidin	82	0.22	0.060	0.14	0.190

Notes.

Data were analyzed by linear regression.