| Control (n = 20) | Sepsis patients after ICU admission | ||
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Day 1 (n = 198) | Day 3 (n = 198) | Day 7 (n = 185) | ||
Hemoglobin (g/L) | 135 (130–144) | 124 (100–163)a | 103 (78–180)ab | 95 (81–161)ab |
RDW (%) | 13.1 (12.5–13.5) | 13.5 (11.5–19.9) | 14.6 (11.9–20.1)a | 14.5 (11.9–20.4)a |
EPO (IU/L) | 11.2 (9.9–12.6) | 73.2 (20.8–428.4)a | 34.3 (12.1–278.7)ab | 17.3 (8.1–130.5)ab |
sTfR (nmol/L) | 15.1 (14.0–15.9) | 20.3 (13.4–27.9)a | 20.4 (13.5–28.1)a | 21.5 (13.4–27.9)a |
Hepcidin (ng/mL) | 21.2 (20.0–22.8) | 152.2 (60.2–231.5)a | 80.6 (24.8–122.4)ab | 51.1 (20.4–99.7)ab |
Iron (µmol/L) | 19.2 (14.5–20.4) | 7.7 (5.3–10.8)a | 6.7 (5.4–8.8)a | 8.1 (5.4–11.4)a |
Ferritin (ng/mL) | 30.3 (29.5–31.4) | 197.1 (85.2–302.8)a | 565.6 (340.1–702.4)ab | 306.4 (99.5–524.6)ab |
IL-6 (pg/mL) | 5.3 (3.0–7.7) | 47.9 (15.7–171.9)a | 33.7 (8.6–153.6)ab | 33.0 (10.2–107.2)a |
sTfR/log ferritin | 10.2 (9.5–10.8) | 8.9 (5.7–12.5)a | 7.4 (4.8–10.4)a | 8.8 (5.4–13.2)a |