Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)—mean values (standard deviation) in each log transformed biomarker for the given factors sex, education, SES and age

Same colour of cells indicates no statistical difference between categories, meaning that cells that share the same colour, independently of the colour, do not present statistical difference between the variance of the values. On the contrary, cells that present different colour are statistically different (Tuckey’s range test). ***P < 0.0001; **P < 0.05; *P < 0.05

SES socio-economic status, WBC white blood cells, TIBC total iron-binding capacity

^&All the biomarkers have been log transformed