Table 3. Correlation analysis between serum zinc level and other parameters in IDA patients and healthy controls.

IDA: Iron deficiency anemia; MCV: Mean corpuscular volume; MCH: Mean corpuscular hemoglobin; TIBC: Total iron binding capacity.

	Patients with IDA (n = 30)		Healthy controls (n = 30)
	Correlation	P value	Correlation	P value
Age (years)	-0.36	0.04	-0.11	0.53
Hemoglobin	0.15	0.41	0.21	0.72
MCV	0.08	0.65	0.28	0.12
MCH	0.13	0.50	0.43	0.01
Iron level	-0.17	0.34	0.98	0.0001
Ferritin level	-0.27	0.15	0.96	0.0001
TIBC	-0.11	0.54	0.99	0.0001