Anthropometric Markers and Iron Status of 6–12-Year-Old Thai Children: Associations and Predictors

Table 2

Prevalence of iron deficiency and anaemia using different indices.

	Normal weight (%) (n = 200)	Overweight/obesity (%) (n = 115)	Total (%) (n = 315)
Anaemia	9.2	3.5	7.3
SF less than 15 μg/mL	2.7	1.7	2.4
%Tsat less than 16%	14.0	13.9	14.0
sTfR more than 5 mg/L	14.9	31.3^∗	20.5

 < 0.05, significantly different from the normal-weight group.