Hepcidin (ng/ml)   r P Iron (ug/dl) 0.843 <0.001** Ferritin (ng/ml) 0.825 <0.001** Hb (gm/dl) -0.611 <0.001**

Table 3: Correlations of hepcidin with serum iron, serum ferritin and Hb levels in all patients. N.B. r=0-0.24 (weak correlation) r=0.25-0.49 (fair correlation) r=0.5-0.74 (moderate correlation) r=0.75-1 (strong correlation) ** =P-value <0.001