Hematological and Biochemical Markers of Iron Status in a Male, Young, Physically Active Population

Table 2

The reference intervals, confidence intervals, and outliers excluded by Horn’s algorithm for biochemical parameters in a male, young, physically active population.

Analyses	Reference interval	90% confidence interval		Subjects (𝑛)	Outliers (𝑛)
	2.5th–97.5th	2.5th	97.5th
h-CRP (mg/L)	0.2–10.2	0.2-0.3	7.0–14.8	120	—
Iron (μmol/L)	8.4–28.8	8.2–8.9	27.5–31.6	119	1
TIBC (μmol/L)	43.8–64.5	43.1–45.0	63.1–68.9	120	—
%TSAT	19–45	19-20	43–46	119	1
Ferritin (μg/L)	47–331	41–53	264–436	119	1