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