An Evaluation of the Correlation between Hepcidin Serum Levels and Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 4

Comparison of anaemia parameters, hepcidin levels, and inflammatory markers between ulcerative colitis patients with different disease activities.

	Remission; ()	Active disease; ()
Haemoglobin (g/dL)	13.8 ± 1.3	10.6 ± 2.1^*
Ferritin (ng/mL)	36.7 ± 21.8	25.2 ± 21.3
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)	10.9 ± 12.3	23.5 ± 34.1^**
CRP (mg/dL)	0.40 ± 0.38	2.79 ± 2.55^*
Hepcidin (pg/mL)	4285 ± 8623	3727 ± 1176

< 0.001, ^** = 0.041.