Table 2. Body iron status among females with anaemia.
Serum Ferritin Level | Anaemia with low MCV (n = 53) | Anaemia with normal MCV (n = 60) | All anaemia (n = 113)a |
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Low (= <15ng/ml) | 15 (28.3%) | 13 (21.7%) | 28 (24.8%) |
Low-normal (15.1–30.0ng/ml) | 15 (28.3%) | 25 (41.7%) | 40 (35.4%) |
Normal (30.1–100.0ng/ml) | 18 (34.0%) | 21 (35.0%) | 39 (34.5%) |
High (>100.0ng/ml) | 5 (9.4%) | 1 (1.7%) | 6 (5.3%) |
a Samples of four subjects (two each with low and normal MCV) were insufficient