Table 3.

Characteristics of the three simulated diets. The table lists the simulated values of various physiological variables after 100 days in the specified diet

Variable	Adequate diet	Deficient diet	Rich diet
Tf saturation	47%	37%	44%
Total iron	2.2 mg	1.7 mg	2.2 mg
[Hepcidin]	23 nM	11 nM	31 nM
[NTBI]	33 nM	22 nM	30 nM