Blood Transfusion, Serum Ferritin, and Iron in Hemodialysis Patients in Africa

Table 2

Patients’ distribution according to their ferritin and iron levels in the serum.

	Serum ferritin
	Iron deficiency (<100 ng/mL)	Indeterminate (200–800 ng/mL)	Iron overload (>800 ng/mL)	Total
Serum iron
Iron deficiency (<4 ng/mL)	2	4	3	9
Normal (5–15 ng/mL)	12	22	24	58
Iron overload (>15 ng/mL)	1	8	9	18
Total	15	34	36	85