Research Article
Serum Ferritin Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome and Red Meat Consumption
Table 2
Correlation between serum ferritin concentration and oxidative stress markers, hepatic damage, insulin resistance, and inflammation response.
| Parameter | Pearson coefficient () | value |
| Oxidative stress | | | Carbonyl group (nmol/mg protein) | 0.320 | 0.009 | AOPP (mol/L) | 0.388 | 0.001 | Glycated HB (%) | 0.247 | 0.048 | Hepatic damage | | | GGT (U/L) | 0.155 | 0.001 | SGOT (U/L) | 0.170 | <0.001 | Insulin resistance | | | HOMA | 0.447 | <0.001 | Blood insulin | 0.264 | 0.034 | Fasting glucose | 0.481 | <0.001 | Inflammation | | | C-reactive protein | −0.067 | 0.6096 | Fibrinogen | −0.081 | 0.5408 | Leukocytes | −0.166 | 0.1827 |
|
|