Table 2. The association between the malignancy diagnosis in asymptomatic patients with the age, gender, and different IDA parameters.

IDA, iron deficiency anemia.

Parameters	Malignancy diagnosis N=26 (%)	p
Male gender (n=211)	14 (53.85)	0.152
Age ≥ 45 years (n=353)	24 (92.3)	0.799
Serum ferritin ≤9 µg/L (n=212)	14 (53.85)	0.156
Hemoglobin <9 g/L (n=318)	22 (84.62)	0.280
Mean corpuscular volume <70 fL (n=320)	22 (84.62)	0.284
Serum iron <15 µg/dL (n=102)	6 (23.08)	0.460
Total iron binding capacity > 400 µg/dL (n=262)	18 (69.23)	0.245
Transferrin saturation < 3.5% (n=102)	5 (19.23)	0.516