The Iron Status of Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria

Table 3

Biochemical parameters in patients and controls.

Parameter	Patients		Control		value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
sFC (ng/mL)	589.33	427.61	184.53	119.74	0.025
TfR (g/mL)	4.24	0.17	3.96	0.17	0.290
TfR/log sFC index	1.65	0.27	1.82	0.18	0.03

sFC: serum ferritin concentration, TfR: transferrin receptor.