Control P Group PD group PR group PRD group R group RD group VitD group
Iron (μg/dL) Serum 187 (110-347) 220 (157-278) 188 (166-263) 204 (134-248) 178 (171-276) 176 (167-247) 223 (172-329) 248 (133-297)
Liver 51 (41-137) 39 (28-60)a 39.5 (24-67)a 42 (25-51)a 33.5 (24-62)a 113 (66-238)a,b,c,d,e 36.5 (31-59)a,f 36 (27-67)a,f
TIBC (μg/dL) Serum 536 (483-668) 505 (492-606) 591 (538-689) 545 (465-637) 560 (494-614) 556 (501-585) 576 (513-675) 570 (529-599)
Liver 50.2 (38-135) 73.7 (51-169)a 75.1 (50-181)a 67.6 (48-142)a 70.2 (53-130)a 35 (25-554)a,b,c,d,e 72.3 (45-161)a,f 68.4 (42-130)a,f
Ferritin (ng/mL) Serum 2.9 (2.3-7.2) 2.2 (1.9-6.1) 2.6 (1.8-6.3) 2.6 (1.17-5.7) 2.8 (2.1-7) 2.4 (1.8-6.8) 2.5 (2-7.3) 2.3 (1.7-6)
Liver 8.4 (4.4-11) 5.5 (1.3-9)a 3.5 (1.5-8)a 5 (1.7-9.7)a 4.9 (4.4-8)a 8.8 (5-13.2)b,c,d,e 5 (2.5-5.8)a,f 5.7 (3-8.4)a,f
Transferrin Saturation (%) Serum 33.6 (20.7-51) 39.3 (25-55) 32.1 (26.2-44) 35.3 (26.3-46) 34.1 (29-47) 34.6 (29-46) 36.7 (29-55) 35 (25-49)
Liver 42.9 (29-59) 35.1 (21-46)a 27.7 (22-34)a 34.8 (26-53)a 32.1 (20-55)a 51 (44-58)a,b,c,d,e 33 (25-31)a,f 31.8 (24-47)a,f
Table 3: Median of iron parameters in liver and serum in all study groups (a=p<0.05 compared to control group; b=p<0.05 compared to P group; c=p<0.05 compared to PD group; d=p<0.05 compared to PR group; e=p<0.05 compared to PRD group; f=p<0.05 compared to R group and g=p<0.05 compared to RD group).
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