Iron status in 545 probands homozygous for the C282Y mutation
| Sex | Age | No | Transferrin saturation (%) | Serum ferritin (μg/l) | Serum iron (μmol/l) |
| F | <30 | 11 | 68 (11.8) | 262 (104) | 37 (5.6) |
| [55–82] | [108–398] | [28–42] | |||
| M | <30 | 22 | 79.6 (16.7) | 598 (506) | 38.4 (8.8) |
| [51–98] | [83–2000] | [21–49] | |||
| NS | NS | NS | |||
| F | <40 | 30 | 79 (14.7) | 663 (944) | 37 (11.3) |
| [57–99] | [69–4000] | [14–62] | |||
| M | <40 | 105 | 78.2 (15.5) | 1341 (1078) | 38.8 (7.8) |
| [34–100] | [240–4800] | [22–69] | |||
| NS | p=0.02 | NS | |||
| F | <50 | 50 | 76.6 (14.6) | 588 (764) | 33.2 (6.6) |
| [54–95] | [36–3300] | [22–53] | |||
| M | <50 | 117 | 82.5 (12.1) | 1822 (1672) | 38.4 (6.3) |
| [44–100] | [95–8890] | [22–51] | |||
| p=0.05 | p=0.0003 | p=0.055 | |||
| F | <60 | 52 | 70 (16.9) | 847 (657) | 31.8 (6.4) |
| [27–96] | [77–2500] | [22–48] | |||
| M | <60 | 71 | 81.8 (12) | 2133 (1601) | 44.7 (25.2) |
| [47–97] | [450–5368] | [27–57] | |||
| p=0.001 | p=7.10−6 | p=0.01 | |||
| F | >60 | 54 | 75.8 (18.4) | 1649 (1525) | 36.3 (8.4) |
| [37–98] | [195–6680] | [14–55] | |||
| M | >60 | 33 | 79.6 (18) | 2349 (2059) | 38.8 (6) |
| [37–95] | [215–8800] | [28–49] | |||
| NS | p=0.033 | NS |
Transferrin saturation, serum ferritin, and serum iron values are expressed as means (SD) and range (NS = not significant).