Table 1.
Hepcidin concentration in all blood donors and a subset with healthy iron status.a
| Type | Sex | n | Quantile (ng/mL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 0% | 5% | 25% | Median | 75% | 95% | 100% | |||
| All Donors Mixed Iron Status | Female | 149 | 19.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 13.1 | 26.2 | 54.1 | 129.9 |
| Male | 143 | 35.4 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 17.1 | 28.5 | 48.4 | 91.2 | 167.2 | |
| Healthy Donors Normal Iron Status | Female | 104 | 21.4 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 15.9 | 27.9 | 51.5 | 129.9 |
| Male | 113 | 33.7 | 4.0 | 8.6 | 17.0 | 26.2 | 48.6 | 82.6 | 111.0 | |
a
Normal iron status was defined by age- and sex-specific ferritin cutoffs and TSAT 15%–45%. SI conversion: 1 ng/mL = 0.358 pmol/L.