Erythropoiesis and Iron Homeostasis in Non-Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients with Extramedullary Hematopoiesis

Table 3

Correlation between GDF15 and ERFE values with iron metabolism and erythropoiesis parameters in patients with NTDT.

Parameters	SF	LIC	Hepcidin	sTfR	EPO	Hb	GDF15
GDF15	0.298(0.036)	0.375(0.009)	-0.347(0.012)	0.384(0.005)	-0.010(0.942)	0.124(0.057)	NA
ERFE	0.183(0.204)	0.250(0.087)	-0.185(0.188)	-0.110(0.439)	-0.011(0.938)	0.197(0.162)	0.124(0.382)

Correlation coefficients and significance (in brackets) are shown.