Figure 4.

Correlation between serum hepcidin and duodenum protein iron transporters. (a) correlation between pre-surgery (left panel) and post-surgery (right panel) serum hepcidin concentration and DMT1 protein (R = −0.045; p = 0.001 and R = −0.385; p = 0.022, respectively). (b) correlation similar to (a) for FPN protein (R = −0.117; p-value = 0.466 and R = 0.126; p = 0.47, respectively). (c) comparison of differences in serum hepcidin concentrations after and before surgery between two subgroups of patients: patients whose DMT1 protein decreased after surgery versus patients whose DMT1 protein did not decrease.