Body Composition in Adult Patients with Thalassemia Major

Table 4

Correlation between ferritin and lean body mass, bone mineral density scores, and height scores.

Group	Gender	Ferritin and lean body mass	Ferritin and BMD ( score)	Ferritin and height ( score)
Patients	Male	0.04 ( = 0.84)	0.13 ( = 0.49)	−0.10 ( = 0.59)
	Female	0.22 ( = 0.21)	0.02 ( = 0.93)	0.03 ( = 0.89)
Controls	Male	0.27 ( = 0.66)	0.51 ( = 0.38)	0.40 ( = 0.5)
	Female	0.17 ( = 0.64)	0.13 ( = 0.72)	0.34 ( = 0.32)