Group I
N=20
Group II
N=20
Group III
N=20
Group IV
N=20
Ferritin (ng/ml)
Range (M ± SD)
P-value
39-922
363 ± 273
<0.001
29-909
385 ± 298
<0.001
415-5819
3378 ± 1471
<0.001
20-305
128 ± 92
Iron (ug/dl)
Range (M ± SD)
P-value
100-310
186 ± 65
<0.001
15-390
150 ± 88
<0.001
295-704
455 ± 117
<0.001
66-140
99 ± 21
TIBC (ug/dl)
Range (M ± SD)
P-value
52-274
140 ± 73
<0.001
45-290
166 ± 76
<0.001
39-220
132 ± 63
<0.001
277-395
347 ± 39
Table 1: Comparison between different studied groups regarding serum ferritin, serum iron and TIBC.