Research Article

First Trimester Ferritin Is Superior over Soluble Transferrin Receptor and Hepcidin in Predicting Anemia in the Third Trimester: Result from a Cohort Study in Indonesia

Table 3

Distribution of pregnant women with and without anemia based on two cutoff values of ferritin level.

Test resultsAnemia (n (%))Nonanemia (n (%))

New cutoff (ferritin ≤ 27.23 ng/ml)
Positive24(58.5)17(41.5)
Negative33(23.6)107(76.4)

Pervious cutoff (ferritin < 30 ng/ml)
Positive24(52.2)22(47.8)
Negative33(24.4)102(75.6)