Table 7.

Correlation analyses of the ferroportin/hepcidin ratio with clinical, nutritional data and iron status parameters in the obese and normal-weight groups.

Parameter	Obese	Children	Normal-Weight	Children
	r	p	r	p
BMI	0.070	0.669	0.257	0.115
Energy	0.395	0.012	−0.270	0.121
Dietary proteins (%)	−0.266	0.098	−0.271	0.121
Dietary fat (%)	−0.064	0.694	−0.151	0.396
Dietary carbohydrates (%)	0.168	0.301	0.142	0.421
Dietary iron	0.464	0.003	−0.307	0.078
Dietary vitamin C	0.200	0.217	−0.111	0.531
Dietary vitamin B12	0.357	0.024	−0.189	0.285
Leptin	0.288	0.071	−0.048	0.770
Proinsulin	0.148	0.363	0.262	0.107
sTfR	0.162	0.317	−0.265	0.103
Ferritin	−0.479	0.002	0.166	0.314
sTfR/Ferritin	0.470	<0.001	−0.191	0.243
Iron	−0.282	0.078	0.091	0.580
RBC	0.050	0.762	−0.018	0.911
Hb	−0.115	0.480	0.153	0.354
MCV	−0.126	0.440	0.168	0.301
CRP	−0.199	0.218	−0.137	0.404

BMI—body mass index, sTfR—soluble transferrin receptor, RBC—red blood cells, Hb—hemoglobin, MCV—mean corpuscular volume, CRP—C-reactive protein.