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Table 3 Correlation between hepcidin and clinico-laboratory parameters in children with IDA.

From: Obesity modulate serum hepcidin and treatment outcome of iron deficiency anemia in children: A case control study

 

Serum hepcidin (nmol/l)

 

Non-obese children

Obese children

 

r

p

r

p

Age (year)

0.235

>0.05

0.122

>0.05

BMI (kg/m2)

0.313

>0.05

0.543

<0.01

Hb (g/dl)

0.498

<0.01

-0.408

<0.05

Serum iron (ug/dl)

0.478

<0.01

-0.375

<0.05

TIBC (mg/dl)

-0.411

<0.05

0.401

<0.05

Transferrin (umol/L)

-0.398

<0.05

0.398

<0.05

Transferrin saturation (%)

0.468

<0.01

-0.366

<0.05

Ferritin (ng/ml)

0.391

<0.05

-0.301

>0.05

  1. P > 0.05 = non-significant, P < 0.05 = significant, P < 0.01 highly significant.(Pearson correlation analysis).