Fig. 2. Attenuation in the range of interindividual characteristic hepcidin levels after multivariate adjustment for iron status and inflammation.

Blue dots indicate each child’s estimated mean hepcidin value after multivariate adjustment for ferritin, CRP, UIBC, and granulocyte number. In the unadjusted data, green indicates habitual iron absorbers (hepcidin <5.5 ng/ml); red indicates habitual iron blockers (hepcidin >5.5 ng/ml). The horizontal red line shows the threshold separating absorbers from nonabsorbers.