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

Table 3

Correlation coefficients between each iron index and anthropometry.

	Hb	SF	SI	TIBC	Transferrin	%Tsat	sTfR
WFA SDS	0.083	0.163^∗∗∗	−0.098^∗	0.254^∗∗	0.254^∗∗	−0.160^∗∗	0.249^∗∗
HFA SDS	0.130^∗	0.076	−0.102^∗	0.221^∗∗	0.217^∗∗	−0.154^∗∗	0.216^∗∗
BMI SDS	0.031	0.214^∗∗	−0.062	0.207^∗∗	0.211^∗∗	−0.132^∗	0.209^∗∗
WC SDS	0.030	0.198^∗∗	−0.110^∗	0.174^∗∗	0.166^∗∗	−0.153^∗∗	0.252^∗∗
%FM by BIA	0.029	0.193^∗∗	−0.033	0.213^∗∗	0.218^∗∗	−0.095	0.160^∗∗
Lean mass SDS	0.118^∗	0.081	−0.103	0.277^∗∗	0.281^∗∗	−0.179^∗∗	0.266^∗∗

^∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). ^∗∗Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).