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. 2021 Nov 2;11:21514. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00928-w

Table 8.

Comparison of analyzed parameters between patients with different ferritin as well as iron levels.

Parameters Ferritin ≤ 250 µg/l (n = 36) Ferritin > 250 µg/l (n = 28) p Iron ≤ 16.8 µmol/l (n = 32) Iron > 16.8 µmol/L (n = 32) p
Chemerin [ng/mL] 255.9 (233.0–417.7) 279.7 (245.5–308.3) 0.25 274.6 (234.5–307.0) 264.9 (236.8–314.9) 0.89
Omentin-1 [ng/mL] 470.9 (298.0–675.9) 463.4 (355.0–603.1) 0.94 455.0 (300.8–671.6) 506.0 (355.0–649.7) 0.90
Vaspin [ng/mL] 0.17 (0.12–0.28) 0.16 (0.09–0.28) 0.64 0.13 (0.07–0.22) 0.25 (0.15–0.40) < 0.001
WBC [103/µL] 5.70 (4.48–6.68) 5.73 (4.30–6.03) 0.27 5.48 (4.76–6.06) 6.01 (4.30–6.68) 0.62
HGB [mg/dL] 12.7 (12.3–13.4) 12.9 (12.4–13.0) 0.95 12.7 (12.2–13.1) 12.8 (12.4–13.9) 0.31
PLT [103/µL] 253.0 (214.0–323.7) 231.0 (186.2–360.0) 0.43 227.0 (202.2–265.2) 290.0 (203.5–347.7) 0.05
CRP [mg/L] 2.63 (1.35–5.60) 6.04 (3.45–36.0) 0.001 12.6 (4.21–38.7) 2.77 (1.21–5.13) < 0.001
IL-6 [pg/mL] 1.60 (1.50–3.91) 5.62 (1.50–16.7) 0.01 5.42 (2.62–16.7) 1.50 (1.50–3.60) < 0.001
Iron [µmol/L] 17.85 (11.9–21.7) 14.3 (6.05–22.5) 0.20 267.0 (111.0–526.0) 175.0 (110.7–258.2) 0.15
ALT [IU/L] 27.0 (16.2–50.0) 44.5 (31.0–66.0) 0.02 37.0 (20.5–56.7) 28.0 (19.2–48.0) 0.44
AST [IU/L] 20.5 (15.5–28.5) 36.0 (25.0–51.0) < 0.001 25.5 (21.0–41.0) 23.0 (16.2–44.7) 0.24
GGT [IU/L] 26.0 (15.0–47.2) 62.5 (32.0–117.0) 0.001 50.0 (30.5–175.7) 30.0 (18.7–67.2) 0.05
ALP [IU/L] 64.0 (54.7–79.0) 64.0 (55.0–88.0) 0.89 76.0 (56.0–103.2) 61.0 (54.0–72.0) 0.02
Bilirubin [µmol/L] 6.60 (4.48–8.56) 5.99 (4.77–7.21) 0.59 6.00 (4.48–8.97) 6.32 (4.57–7.86) 0.74
INR 0.96 (0.92–0.99) 0.96 (0.92–1.05) 0.46 0.98 (0.91–1.02) 0.95 (0.93–0.97) 0.78
Albumin [g/L] 41.7 (38.5–44.2) 36.0 (32.5–41.0) 0.001 38.0 (33.2–42.7) 41.0 (35.0–44.0) 0.14