Clinical Study
Serum Prohepcidin Levels Are Lower in Patients with Atrophic Gastritis
Table 1
Demographic feature, hematological and biochemical parameters in the study groups.
| | Atrophic gastritis-positive () | Atrophic gastritis-negative () | value |
| Male gender | (48.6%) | (34.3%) | 0.231 | Age | | | 0.002 | H. pylori positivity | (71.4%) | (28.6%) | 0.000 | Hb, g/dL | | | 0.062 | Serum iron, μg/dL | | | 0.080 | Serum ferritin, μg/L | | | 0.331 | TIBC, μmol/L | | | 0.033 | Serum prohepcidin, ng/mL | | | 0.020 |
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