Diagnosis based on HFEgenotyping | Crude p-value | Adjusted* p-value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||||
mean | (SD) | mean | (SD) | |||
No. of patients | 91 | 324 | ||||
Gender (no. and % of males) | 72 | (79.1%) | 164 | (50.6%) | p < 10-5 | - |
Males | ||||||
Serum ferritin (μg/L) | 1886.6 | (1769.7) | 1136.9 | (951.0) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Serum iron (μmol/L) | 40.7 | (6.9) | 36.7 | (6.7) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Transferrin saturation (%) | 79.9 | (11.9) | 83.0 | (13.2) | 0.090 | 0.134 |
Females | ||||||
Serum ferritin (μg/L) | 1418.0 | (1457.9) | 475.7 | (744.6) | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Serum iron (μmol/L) | 36.6 | (8.2) | 33.1 | (7.4) | 0.052 | 0.029 |
Transferrin saturation (%) | 77.2 | (13.4) | 75.9 | (14.4) | 0.710 | 0.714 |