Table 1

Iron measures in hemochromatosis probands with HFE C282Y homozygosity1
Iron measure
 Men (95% CI) [n]
 Women (95% CI) [n]
 p value
Serum iron, μg/dL
 209 (137, 317) [81]
 193 (118, 315) [51]
 0.0523
Transferrin saturation, %
 85 (59, 121) [83]
 77 (44, 133) [52]
 0.0120
Serum ferritin, ng/mL
 1097 (209, 5768) [81]
 546 (84, 3535) [56]
 <0.0001
Phlebotomy to achieve iron depletion, units
 29 (7, 122) [73]
 17 (4, 76) [42]
 0.0001

1Serum iron, transferrin saturation, and serum ferritin levels were measured at diagnosis of hemochromatosis. Values were transformed (loge) to achieve normal distributions; comparisons were made using a student t-test (two-tail). Data displayed in the table are expressed as mean (95% CI) after computing antilogse of the transformed data; p values < 0.05 were defined as significant.

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