Hepcidin ng/ml)   Group I Group II Group III r P r P r P Iron(ug/dl) 0.802 <0.001** 0.782 <0.001** 0.666 <0.001** Ferritin(ng/ml) 0.970 <0.001** 0.790 <0.001** 0.512 0.021* Hb(gm/dl) -0.798 <0.001** -0.897 <0.001** -0.787 <0.001**

Table 4: Correlations of hepcidin with serum iron, serum ferritin and Hb levels in different studied patients groups. N.B. * =P-value <0.05 ** =P-value <0.001