Reduced Transferrin Levels in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 1

Characteristics of study population.

	Controls	Crohn’s disease		Ulcerative colitis		value
		Active	Inactive	Active	Inactive
Sex, F/M	40/57	19/17	14/13	14/14	20/26	0.696
Age, yrs. (range)	37.3 (21–63)	36.8 (20–68)	35.2 (19–69)	39.5 (19–79)	42.2 (18–74)	0.165
Age at onset, yrs.	—					0.282
Duration, yrs.	—					0.076
Activity (CDAI or RI)	—					—
HGB, g/dL	—					0.001
HCT, %	—					0.001
RBC, ×10^12/L	—					0.010
Iron, µM						<0.001
Albumin, g/dL						<0.001
hsCRP, mg/L						0.001
ESR, mm/h	—					<0.001
WBC, ×10^9/L	—					0.086
PLT, ×10^9/L	—					<0.001

If not otherwise stated, data presented as means ± SD; F/M: female to male ratio; CDAI: Crohn’s Disease Activity Index; RI: Rachmilewitz index; HGB: hemoglobin; HCT: hematocrit; RBC: red blood cells; hsCRP: high sensitive CRP; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; WBC: white blood cells; PLT: platelets.