Iron Overload in Transfusion-Dependent Indonesian Thalassemic Patients

Table 3

Liver function stratified by presence of liver siderosis based on T2 MRI.

	T2 ≥ 1.8 (n = 4)	T2 < 1.8 (n = 20)	value
Age (years), median (IQR)	23.5 (18.5, 28.5)	20.0 (18.0, 21.75)	0.185
Serum ferritin (ng/mL), median (IQR)	1850.45 (563.1, 10363.4)	4008.0 (2815.8, 5598.5)	0.245
Liver enzymes (ng/mL), median (IQR)
AST	60.0 (40.0, 80.8)	39.0 (33.3, 80.0)	0.509
ALT	55.0 (26.0, 65.3)	41.5 (29.8, 65.5)	0.877

IQR: interquartile range, AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase.