Table 1

Clinical and laboratory parameters of 3 generations of family members carrying C326S ferroportin mutation

PatientIAIIAIIBIICIIIAIIIBIIIC
Age at diagnosis/sex 35/M 16/F 16/M 16/M 8/F 10/F 10/F 
Transferrin sat, initial  97%* 86%* 94%* 89%* 84%* 97%* 
Transferrin sat, current 79%* 89%* 70%* 89%* 93%* 91%* 51%* 
S-ferritin current, ng/mL 69 99 81 394* 114 21 11 
S-hepcidin, ng/mL 278* 198 297* 459* 453* 396* 13 
U-hepcidin, ng/mg creat 1308 2743* 2270* 3183* 3463* 3036* 72 
Liver biopsy Cirrhosis ↑ hepatocyte iron ↑ hepatocyte iron     
Clinical Arthritis, hip replacement mild arthritis mild arthritis mild LFT changes    
PatientIAIIAIIBIICIIIAIIIBIIIC
Age at diagnosis/sex 35/M 16/F 16/M 16/M 8/F 10/F 10/F 
Transferrin sat, initial  97%* 86%* 94%* 89%* 84%* 97%* 
Transferrin sat, current 79%* 89%* 70%* 89%* 93%* 91%* 51%* 
S-ferritin current, ng/mL 69 99 81 394* 114 21 11 
S-hepcidin, ng/mL 278* 198 297* 459* 453* 396* 13 
U-hepcidin, ng/mg creat 1308 2743* 2270* 3183* 3463* 3036* 72 
Liver biopsy Cirrhosis ↑ hepatocyte iron ↑ hepatocyte iron     
Clinical Arthritis, hip replacement mild arthritis mild arthritis mild LFT changes    

Normal serum hepcidin median (5%-95% range) was 112 ng/mL (29-254 ng/mL) for men, and 65 ng/mL (17-286 ng/mL) for women. Normal urine hepcidin median (full range) was 502 ng/mg creatinine (71-1762 ng/mg creatinine). M indicates male; F, female; sat, saturation; and creat, creatinine.

*

Above-normal values.

Below-normal values.

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