Table 1.

Clinical characteristics and laboratory findings based on serum ferritin levels

Variables	Ferritin < 200 (n = 22)	Ferritin 200–400 (n = 5)	Ferritin > 400 (n = 27)	P-value
Age (years)a	52.55±13.15	58.4±11.19	51.89±12.50	0.574d
Gender
Male/Female	15/7	0/5	22/5	0.002*
Albumin	2.45 (1.5–3.3)	1.9 (1.6–3.1)	2.2 (1.7–3.7)	0.419
INRb	1.28 (0.99–1.84)	1.54 (1.07–2.96)	1.32 (0.81–2.45)	0.266
Creatinine	0.9 (0.6–2.37)	0.88 (0.55–2.06)	1.18 (0.52–13.58)	0.198
Total bilirubin	1.01 (0.3–4.6)	1.9 (0.6–16.3)	2.41(0.29–29.8)	0.183
CTP scorec	8 (6 12)	9 (7 12)	10 (5 12)	0.018*
CTP class (A/B/C)	1/18/3	0/3/2	1/12/14	0.089

The data is presented in

^amean (standard deviation) and median or interquartile range,

^bInternational normalised ratio,

^cChild-Turcotte-Pugh score,

^dAge variable was analysed using ANOVA test, the rest variables using Kruskal-Wallis test