Research Article

Association of Body Mass Index with Hemoglobin Concentration and Iron Parameters in Iranian Population

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients according to BMI.

VariableNormal weight
( ; 32.2%)
Overweight
( ; 37.7%)
Obese
( ; 30.1%)
Total
(406, 100%)
value

Age (y) 0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 0.001
Hemoglobin (mg/dL) 0.58
MCV 0.38
Serum iron ( g/dL) 0.27
TIBC ( g/dL) 0.06
TS (%) 0.08
Ferritin (ng/mL) 0.53