Table 1. Summary of iron-related... | American Society of Hematology

Table 1.

Summary of iron-related measurements in the composite sample of mothers and children

	Mothers	Children
No.	800	800
Age, y	28.3 ± 8.1	2.1 ± 1.2
Weight, kg	59.7 ± 10.9	12.8 ± 4.4
Hemoglobin, g/L
Observed	139 ± 20	123 ± 20
Corrected to sea level	127 ± 17	110 ± 17
Serum ferritin, μg/L (− 1 SD, + 1 SD)^*	28.3 (10.9, 73.6)	21.3 (7.4, 61.1)
Serum transferrin receptor, mg/L	6.96 ± 4.2	9.35 ± 5.0
Body iron (mg/kg)†	3.88 ± 4.31	1.72 ± 4.53

	Mothers	Children
No.	800	800
Age, y	28.3 ± 8.1	2.1 ± 1.2
Weight, kg	59.7 ± 10.9	12.8 ± 4.4
Hemoglobin, g/L
Observed	139 ± 20	123 ± 20
Corrected to sea level	127 ± 17	110 ± 17
Serum ferritin, μg/L (− 1 SD, + 1 SD)^*	28.3 (10.9, 73.6)	21.3 (7.4, 61.1)
Serum transferrin receptor, mg/L	6.96 ± 4.2	9.35 ± 5.0
Body iron (mg/kg)†	3.88 ± 4.31	1.72 ± 4.53

Mean altitude was 2017 ± 1339 m. All values are means ± 1 SD.

Geometric mean.

Excluding 52 mothers and 64 children with elevated C-reactive protein.