Table 1.

Anthropometrics, iron and inflammatory status of participants (n = 22) at study baseline^a.

	mean/median	SD/IQR
Age (years)	22.1	2.5
Weight (kg)	57.1	4.6
Height (cm)	165.3	5.5
BMI (kg/m2)	20.9	1.3
Hb (g/L)	139.1	8.5
PF (µg/L)	29.9	17.6
CRP (mg/L)	0.2	0.0–1.0

^aValues are means and standard deviations in all variables except for CRP presented as median and interquartile range (IQR).

BMI, body mass index; Hb, hemoglobin; PF, plasma ferritin; CRP, C-reactive protein.