Reduced Transferrin Levels in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Figure 1

Transferrin levels in IBD patients as compared to healthy volunteers. CDa: active Crohn’s disease; CDi: inactive Crohn’s disease; UCa: active ulcerative colitis; UCi: inactive ulcerative colitis; different from controls and inactive CD and UC; different from active CD and UC; triangles represent mean values, boxes represent median values with interquartile range and whiskers represent minimum and maximum excluding outside values (open circles).