Table 1.
Data of study populations
| Items | Healthy control | IDA | Non‐ID anemia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pure IDA | IDA‐inf | AI | CKD | Thalassemia | ||
| (n = 155) | (n = 133) | (n = 120) | (n = 177) | (n = 137) | (n = 276) | |
| Age (y) | 15 | 34 | 45 | 73 | 70 | 41 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 89 | 108 | 80 | 70 | 76 | 180 |
| Male | 66 | 25 | 40 | 47 | 61 | 96 |
| Laboratory parameters | ||||||
| Hb (g/L) | 139 (18) | 93 (35) | 103 (18) | 98 (23) | 96 (19) | 89 (28) |
| MCV (fL) | 86.1 (4.25) | 66.2 (14.60) | 69.2 (11.40) | 89.0 (5.70) | 88.8 (5.60) | 64.5 (15.08) |
| MCH (pg) | 28.7 (1.30) | 19.8 (6.40) | 21.8 (4.45) | 29.1 (2.10) | 29.0 (2.20) | 20.3 (4.55) |
| RET‐He (pg) | 33.0 (1.45) | 20.6 (9.00) | 25.2 (6.15) | 32.2 (3.9) | 31.8 (3.53) | 19.6 (5.33) |
| Ferritin (pmol/L) | 119.54 (102.80) | 13.03 (10.79) | 125 (281.89) | 919.02 (2085.22) | 806.11 (1205.18) | 740.16 (1626.27) |
Demographic data and laboratory parameters of the study population. Data are expressed in median (IQR).