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. 2021 May 17;11:10387. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89991-x

Table 3.

Iron status according to the presence of NAFLD.

NAFLD (−) NAFLD (+) P*
Males
Serum iron (μg/dL) 98.76 ± 0.63 91.94 ± 0.46  < 0.001
Ferritin (μg/L) 156.89 ± 4.50 213.88 ± 5.61  < 0.001
TFR (mg/L) 2.93 ± 0.08 3.10 ± 0.05 0.06
Females
Serum iron (μg/dL) 85.18 ± 0.49 72.28 ± 0.48  < 0.001
Ferritin (μg/L) 58.36 ± 0.95 83.29 ± 1.91  < 0.001
TFR (mg/L) 3.39 ± 0.04 3.80 ± 0.04  < 0.001

NAFLD (−), participants without NAFLD; NAFLD (+), participants with NAFLD;

NAFLD non-alcohol fatty liver disease, TFR transferrin receptor

*Unadjusted P values.