Table 3.
Red blood cell indices and iron study parameters.
| mTOR inhibitor based regimen | Tacrolimus based regimen | p-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | SD | IQR | Mean | Median | SD | IQR | ||
| Hb (g/L) | 143 | 142 | 19.5 | 30 | 147 | 142.5 | 19.6 | 21 | 0.59 |
| MCV (fL) | 88 | 87 | 6.9 | 10 | 90.4 | 90 | 5.9 | 3 | 0.35 |
| Ferritin (μg/L) | 150 | 116 | 111 | 162 | 85.7 | 73.5 | 53.9 | 90.4 | 0.06 |
| Transferrin | 27.3 | 29.2 | 5.6 | 9.9 | 31 | 30.5 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 0.09 |
| Tsats (%) | 26 | 26 | 7.6 | 13 | 23.3 | 23 | 9.8 | 17 | 0.46 |