Table 3.
Serum ferritin concentrations in adult hemoglobinopathy carriers (N = 153).
| Adult hemoglobinopathy carriers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (N) | Age (yrs.) (N; %) | Hb g/dl (median, range) (N) | SF levels (μg/l) (median, range) (N) | SF < 15 μg/l (N; %) | SF (≥ 100 μg/l (N; %) |
| Females (115) | ≥ 18 to < 30 (53; 46) | 10.9, 4.3–13.5 (52) | 20, 2–527 (51) | 21 (41) | 6 (11) |
| ≥ 30 to < 40 (35; 30) | 10.9, 7.2–15.5 (33) | 26, 2–253 (30) | 9 (30) | 5 (16) | |
| ≥ 40 to < 50 (23; 20) | 11.1, 6.9–13.4 (23) | 20, 2–64 (22) | 9 (39) | 0 (0) | |
| ≥ 50 (4; 4) | 10.6, 9.4–11.9 (4) | 87, 10–190 (4) | 1 (25) | 2 (50) | |
| Males (38) | ≥ 18 to < 30 (14; 37) | 12.9, 8.9–15.9 (14) | 121, 47–307 (13) | 0 (0) | 10 (76) |
| ≥ 30 to < 40 (12; 32) | 13.1, 11–14.9 (10) | 100, 6–220 (10) | 1 (10) | 5 (50) | |
| ≥ 40 to < 50 (7; 18) | 13.2, 11.2–15.4 (7) | 246, 160–484 (6) | 0 (0) | 5 (83) | |
| ≥ 50 (5; 13) | 13.4, 11.8–14 (5) | 169, 56–408 (5) | 0 (0) | 3 (60) | |
Hb hemoglobin, SF serum ferritin, yrs. years.