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Table I Laboratory measurements of iron status (n = 60)

From: A prospective, cross-sectional study of anaemia and peripheral iron status in antiretroviral naïve, HIV-1 infected children in Cape Town, South Africa

Variable

Median concentration (quartiles)

Percentage below normal age-range

Percentage above normal age-range

Hb (g/L)

104 (96, 111)

73

2

MCV (fL)

76.4 (74.1,80.5)

20

0

MCH (pg)

26.3 (24.6, 27.7)

20

2

MCHC (g/dL)

34.3 (33.4, 35.0)

0

0

RDW (%)

16.2(14.9, 17.6)

0

62

Ferritin (μg/L)

9.0 (4.9, 36.5)

52*

2

Iron (μmol/L)

4.0(2.1,7.7)

75

2

Transferrm (g/L)

2.6 (2.2, 2.9)

32

0

TIBC (μmol/L)

65.4 (55.4, 74.7)

0

33

TS (%)

6.0(4.1, 10.7)

70+

0

  1. * Per cent < 10 μg/L, Per cent < 10%