Parameter | Sex | Reference range | Group | Ingestion period | Follow-up period | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 w | 4 w | 8 w | 12 w | 16 w | ||||
Fe (μg/dL) | M | 60-210 | A | 107.7 (5.0) | 116.6 (6.3) | 101.6 (4.4) | 110.1 (5.4) | 112.9 (6.7) |
P | 112.7 (5.6) | 110.9 (5.6) | 102.3 (5.0) | 104.5 (5.2) | 101.8 (5.0) | |||
F | 50-170 | A | 94.3 (4.8) | 89.8 (4.6)# | 94.1 (4.5) | 86.1 (4.9)## | 98.0 (4.8) | |
P | 102.8 (4.9) | 103.3 (5.0) | 97.7 (5.3) | 108.9 (5.3) | 98.0 (5.4) | |||
TIBC (μg/dL) | M | 250-410 | A | 323.7 (4.3) | 317.7 (5.1)* | 315.3 (4.2)** | 319.4 (4.3)* | 322.8 (4.4) |
P | 332.4 (5.4) | 327.5 (4.8)* | 326.2 (5.6)* | 325.6 (5.3)* | 329.4 (4.9) | |||
F | 250-460 | A | 341.7 (6.7) | 331.9 (6.0)** | 335.6 (6.5)* | 333.3 (6.5)** | 336.1 (6.3) | |
P | 334.2 (6.1) | 328.5 (5.5)* | 334.1 (6.5) | 332.9 (6.4) | 336.7 (6.5) | |||
UIBC (μg/dL) | M | 120-330 | A | 216.0 (5.9) | 201.1 (6.8)* | 213.7 (5.5) | 209.3 (5.6) | 210.0 (6.5) |
P | 219.8 (6.9) | 216.7 (7.2) | 223.9 (7.6) | 221.2 (7.0) | 227.6 (6.2) | |||
F | 110-425 | A | 247.4 (9.0) | 242.2 (8.7) | 241.5 (9.3) | 247.2 (9.3) | 238.1 (8.8) | |
P | 231.3 (8.3) | 225.1 (7.6) | 236.4 (8.6) | 224.0 (9.3) | 238.7 (8.7) | |||
Ferritin (ng/mL) | M | 21-282 | A | 147.76 (8.63) | 151.39 (9.24) | 147.35 (8.80) | 146.59 (9.03) | 150.44 (9.45) |
P | 137.97 (12.51) | 142.62 (14.06) | 143.55 (13.20) | 145.89 (13.65) | 143.39 (14.07) | |||
F | 5-157 | A | 51.71 (6.56) | 49.91 (6.23) | 50.46 (6.67) | 54.47 (7.36) | 54.44 (6.82) | |
P | 48.63 (4.32) | 45.86 (4.07) | 49.63 (4.30) | 51.02 (4.54) | 49.55 (4.41) |