Research Article
Correlation between Serum Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4 (FABP4) Levels and Cardiac Function in Patients with Thalassemia Major
Table 1
Characteristics in total patients and stratified by median of fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) levels (
ng/mL).
| | Lower | Higher | Total | value |
| Age, years () | | | | 0.929 | Sex, (%) | | | | 0.592 | Male | 9 (37.5) | 9 (37.5) | 18 (37.5) | | Female | 15 (62.5) | 15 (62.5) | 30 (62.5) | | Age of first transfusion, months () | | | | 0.451 | Transfusion interval, weeks () | | | | 0.187 | Type of chelation therapy, (%) | | | | 0.968 | Deferoxamine monotherapy | 2 (9.5) | 2 (10.0) | 4 (9.8) | | Deferiprone monotherapy | 8 (38.1) | 9 (45.0) | 17 (41.5) | | Deferasirox monotherapy | 10 (47.6) | 8 (40.0) | 18 (43.9) | | Deferoxamine and deferasirox | 1 (4.8) | 1 (5.0) | 2 (4.9) | | Pretransfusion Hb, g/dL () | | | | 0.573 | Serum ferritin, ng/mL () | | | | 0.082 | FABP4, ng/mL () | | | | 0.000 |
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Hb: hemoglobin, Student’s -test, Mann–Whitney, or chi-square tests were used as appropriate. |