Table 4.
Association between parietal cell antibodies and markers of iron deficiency in all Graves’ disease
| Graves’ disease | Graves’ disease with anemia | |||||
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| PCab (+) | PCab (-) | P Value | PCab (+) | PCab (-) | P Value | |
| N=31 | N=59 | N=14 | N=23 | |||
| Ferritin (ng/ml) | 52 (31-88) | 95 (69-130) | 0.05 | 41 (18-93) | 95 (53-168) | 0.08 |
| MCV (fL) | 79 (76-82) | 81 (80-83) | 0.12 | 75 (71-79) | 81 (79-84) | 0.001 |
| TIBC (mcg/dl) | 343 (309-376) | 320 (302-339) | 0.23 | 338 (276-401) | 292 (263-322) | 0.17 |
PCab: parietal cell antibody, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, TIBC: total iron binding capacity.