Table 3 Pearson correlation between urinary hepcidin and clinico-laboratory parameters
From: Urinary hepcidin level as an early predictor of iron deficiency in children: A case control study
Urinary hepcidin-25 level | ||
|---|---|---|
r | p | |
Age (year) | 0.112 | > 0.05 |
Gender (male/female) | 0.125 | > 0.05 |
Body weight (kg) | 0.137 | > 0.05 |
Hb (g/dl) | 0.488 | < 0.01 |
Hematocrit (%) | 0.434 | < 0.01 |
MCV (fl) | 0.325 | < 0.01 |
MCHC (%) | 0.364 | < 0.01 |
Serum iron (ug/dl) | 0.378 | < 0.01 |
TIBC (mg/dl) | -0.431 | < 0.01 |
Transferrin (umol/L) | -0.398 | < 0.01 |
Transferrin saturation (%) | 0.306 | < 0.01 |
Ferritin (ng/ml) | 0.431 | < 0.01 |