TABLE 2.
Mean values of groups according to the disease severity, for malea and for femaleb
| Disease severity |
Ferritin ug/L |
Iron ug/L |
TIBC ug/L |
TfSat % |
UIBC ug/L |
Hb g/L |
RDW‐CV % |
EPO mIU/ml |
Hepcidin pg/mL |
Haptoglobin ug/mL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference range |
11‐306.8a 23.9‐336.2b |
700‐1800 | 1910‐3910 | 1180‐3180 |
130‐175a 115‐155b |
11.2‐15 | ||||
| Control group | ||||||||||
| Mean | 68.84 | 784.10 | 3284.73 | 24.31 | 2500.63 | 138.21 | 13.25 | 102.42 | 992.76 | 73.22 |
| St ± | 43.64 | 225.60 | 476.66 | 7.18 | 539.75 | 11.88 | 0.96 | 56.18 | 230.65 | 24.75 |
| Mild | ||||||||||
| Mean | 367.51 | 437.66 | 2695.88 | 16.67 | 2258.22 | 138.27 | 13.42 | 91.39 | 894.67 | 56.83 |
| St ± | 196.49 | 294.60 | 508.63 | 11.67 | 564.27 | 16.07 | 1.12 | 52.00 | 374.66 | 31.02 |
| Severe | ||||||||||
| Mean | 811.21 | 270.68 | 2055.10 | 13.75 | 1784.42 | 125.52 | 13.48 | 119.75 | 1004.69 | 75.62 |
| St ± | 847.84 | 116.07 | 613.99 | 5.94 | 587.62 | 16.09 | 1.04 | 106.19 | 626.91 | 91.04 |
| Critical | ||||||||||
| Mean | 1205.77 | 335.36 | 1669.59 | 21.29 | 1334.22 | 98.45 | 14.81 | 64.75 | 603.26 | 32.30 |
| St ± | 853.47 | 206.71 | 549.42 | 12.99 | 570.65 | 23.94 | 1.72 | 21.09 | 244.37 | 20.56 |
| Total | ||||||||||
| Mean | 639.27 | 452.52 | 2393.76 | 19.12 | 1941.24 | 123.92 | 13.78 | 93.47 | 863.17 | 58.48 |
| St ± | 756.44 | 291.76 | 822.21 | 10.63 | 721.09 | 24.31 | 1.41 | 67.22 | 424.51 | 52.26 |
| P value | .0001 | .0001 | .0001 | .0001 | .0001 | .0001 | .002 | .007 | .0001 | .0001 |
Abbreviations: EPO, erythropoietin; Hb, hemoglobin; RDW‐CV, coefficient of variation of red cell distribution width; TfSat, transferrin saturation; TIBC, total iron‐binding capacity; UIBC, unsaturated iron‐binding capacity.