From: Iron metabolism in critically ill patients developing anemia of inflammation: a case control study
Iron parameter | AI | Septic controls, high Hb | Non-septic controls, high Hb |
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Iron (µmol/L) | 3.8 (3.2–4.5)*†| 5.6 (4.8–6.6) | 6.3 (5.4–7.3) |
Transferrin (g/L) | 1.3 (1.2–1.5)*†| 1.6 (1.5–1.8) | 1.9 (1.7–2) |
Transferrin saturation (%) | 10 (8–12)* | 14 (11–16) | 13 (11–15) |
Ferritin (µg/L) | 1134 (548–2346)†| 473 (229–976) | 314 (152–648) |
Haptoglobin (g/L) | 3.5 (3.2–3.9)*†| 2.7 (2.4–3) | 2.5 (2.2–2.8) |
Hepcidin (pg/ml) | 20.7 (15.1–28.5)†| 12.9 (9.4–17.9) | 7.3 (5.4–9.8) |
Erythroferrone (pg/ml) | 15.5 (9.3–26) | 9.6 (5.8–16) | 18.7 (11.2–31) |
sTfR (µg/ml) | 0.83 (0.68–1.01) | 0.7 (0.55–0.87) | 0.70 (0.57–0.86) |
IL-6 (pg/ml) | 14.4 (5.1–40.9)†| 8.0 (1.5–43.0) | 2.0 (0.4–10.9) |