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/cm^2)	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/cm^2)	0.06	<0.0001
BMI (Kgr/m^2)	0.015	0.38

is statistically significant.