Research Article
Body Composition in Adult Patients with Thalassemia Major
Table 2
values of body composition variables between male and female patients and controls.
| Variable | values Male patients-controls () | values Female patients-controls () |
| Ferritin levels (ng/mL) | 0.028 | <0.0001 | BMD WB (mg/cm2) | 0.001 | <0.0001 | WB (-score) | 0.001 | <0.0001 | WB fat (%) | 0.07 | 0.87 | WB fat (gr) | 0.07 | 0.89 | WB lean (gr) | <0.01 | <0.01 | Subtrunk fat (%) | 0.02 | 0.46 | BMD subtrunk (mg/cm2) | 0.06 | <0.0001 | BMI (Kgr/m2) | 0.015 | 0.38 |
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is statistically significant.
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