Table 1.

The demographical and clinical characteristics of the iron deficiency anemia and control groups (Mean ± SD)

	Iron deficiency anemia (n=83)	Control (n=70)	p
Age	23.97 ± 6.60	22.77 ± 5.67	0.31
Education (year)	11.06 ± 2.79	10.97 ± 2.83	0.86
Hb	10.96 ± 1.03	13.56 ± 1.01	<0.001
Fe	31.16 ± 18.64	87.88 ± 43.46	<0.001
Ferritin	7.28 ± 3.23	33.29 ± 19.96	<0.001
Serum iron binding capacity	375.51 ± 50.72	269.64 ± 62.02	<0.001
WURS score	26.92 ± 15.15	20.62 ± 13.16	0.002

SD: Standart deviation; Hb: Hemoglobin; Fe: Iron; WURS: Wender-Utah Rating Scale