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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and laboratory features of the study subjects

From: Iron Deficiency is Not Associated with Increased Blood Cadmium in Infants

Group characteristics

Iron-deficient infants (n = 31)

Control (n = 36)

P value

Age (months)

12.0 ± 3.7

11.9 ± 4.1

0.867

Male (%)

65.6

52.8

0.330

Breast feeding (months)

10.3 ± 3.4

6.3 ± 4.9

<0.001

Cadmium (μg/L)*

0.56 (0.06-1.20)

0.53 (0.06-1.84)

0.724

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

10.49 ± 1.84

11.83 ± 1.02

0.001

Hematocrit (%)

32.70 ± 4.08

35.02 ± 2.60

0.008

Ferritin (μg/L)

7.4 ± 3.0

39.1 ± 23.8

<0.001

Fe (μg/dL)

39.09 ± 29.56

47.14 ± 27.79

0.255

TIBC (μg/dL)

413.19 ± 53.18

351.80 ± 47.07

<0.001

Fe/TIBC (%)

10.2 ± 8.6

13.7 ± 8.5

0.091

  1. Results reported as mean ± SD *geometric mean (range).