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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory data for patients and controls

From: Hepcidin levels correlate to liver iron content, but not steatohepatitis, in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

 

Control

N = 34

NAFLD

N = 22

NAFLD with DIOS

N = 16

CLD

N = 8

CLD-IO

N = 21

Compound heterozygous HH

N = 5

Homozygous HH

N = 12

Gender (F/M)

19/15

8/14

5/11

4/4

6/15

1/4

2/10

Age (y)

40 ± 10*

54 ± 16

59 ± 10

57 ± 8

58 ± 8

59 ± 9

51 ± 6

BMI (kg/m2)

23.3 ± 2.6*

30.4 ± 4.2#

28.1 ± 2.4

27.3 ± 5.1

27.0 ± 4.2

29.0 ± 3.5

28.2 ± 4.8

Hemoglobin (g/L)

142 ± 11

150 ± 15

149 ± 17

140 ± 10

140 ± 17

158 ± 15

154 ± 12

ALT (U/L)

18 ± 6*

94 ± 76

59 ± 41

71 ± 59

53 ± 29

41 ± 35

82 ± 35

CRP (mg/L)

1.1 ± 0.4

3.0 ± 2.9

1.8 ± 0.9

2.8 ± 3.0

3.8 ± 5.5

3.6 ± 4.0

3.3 ± 2.7

Serum ferritin (μg/L)

94 ± 87

304 ± 248

816 ± 285¤

454 ± 688

1304 ± 1295¤

878 ± 408¤

1753 ± 998¤

Transferrin saturation (%)

0.28 ± 0.11

0.28 ± 0.09

0.39 ± 0.09

0.31 ± 0.15

0.50 ± 0.21§

0.46 ± 0.10§

0.76 ± 0.21*

Hepatic iron score

N.D.

0.11 ± 0.21

2.19 ± 0.95¤

0.29 ± 0.27

2.98 ± 1.22¤

3.38 ± 0.75¤

4.35 ± 0.63¤

  1. CLD chronic liver disease, IO iron overload, HH hereditary hemochromatosis, NAFLD non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, DIOS dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome. Values denote mean ± S.D
  2. *P < 0.05 vs. all other groups
  3. #p < 0.05 vs. Control, CLD, CLD-IO
  4. ¤p < 0.05 vs. Control, NAFLD, CLD
  5. §p < 0.05 vs. Control, NAFLD, DIOS, CLD, homozygous HH