Ferritin Is a Marker of Inflammation rather than Iron Deficiency in Overweight and Obese People
Table 1
Descriptive statistics of different study variables in each group.
Variable
Group A ()
Group B ()
Group C ()
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Age (years)
44.84
6.16
44.84
6.17
44.44
7.17
BMI (kg/m2)
22.36
1.08
27.18
0.80
31.18
0.85
Hb (gm/dL)
14.13
0.83
12.68
0.68
11.86
0.88
Iron (μmol/L)
24.86
1.24
21.36
1.04
17.68
1.18
TIBC (μmol/L)
63.56
0.50
59.52
0.86
57.44
1.59
TSAT (%)
38.66
2.14
35.36
1.63
30.65
1.39
Ferritin (μg/L)
152.78
1.81
158.32
1.99
163.48
2.23
CRP (mg/L)
5.28
0.73
7.58
1.01
11.46
1.46
Group A: BMI 18.5–25 kg/m2, group B: BMI 25–30 kg/m2, and group C: kg/m2, Hb: hemoglobin, TIBC: total iron binding capacity, TSAT: transferrin saturation, CRP: C-reactive protein, and BMI: body mass index.
