Table 6. Iron Status of Wives According... | American Society of Hematology

Table 6.

Iron Status of Wives According to Iron Categories of Husbands

Iron Category of Husbands	N	Indirect Measures of Iron Status in Wives and Husbands
		Ferritin (μg/L)^6-150		Ferritin: AST Ratio^6-150		Transferrin Saturation(%)^6-151
		Husbands	Wives	Husbands	Wives	Husbands	Wives

Group I (normal ferritin)	14	159 (62-406)	69 (19-255)	6.7 (3.2-13.6)	3.6 (1.1-11.6)	42 ± 19	35 ± 10
Group II (ferritin raised and transferrin saturation <70%)	10	667 (479-929)	104 (45-238)	22.1 (14.8-32.9)	3.7 (1.8-7.5)	44 ± 11	37 ± 12
Group III (raised ferritin and transferrin saturation >70%)	4	1,622 (925-2,844)	117 (25-558)	41.8 (33.7-51.9)	5.1 (1.3-20.5)	79 ± 12	40 ± 14
P		<.0005	.6	<.0005	.8	.001	.8

Iron Category of Husbands	N	Indirect Measures of Iron Status in Wives and Husbands
		Ferritin (μg/L)^6-150		Ferritin: AST Ratio^6-150		Transferrin Saturation(%)^6-151
		Husbands	Wives	Husbands	Wives	Husbands	Wives

Group I (normal ferritin)	14	159 (62-406)	69 (19-255)	6.7 (3.2-13.6)	3.6 (1.1-11.6)	42 ± 19	35 ± 10
Group II (ferritin raised and transferrin saturation <70%)	10	667 (479-929)	104 (45-238)	22.1 (14.8-32.9)	3.7 (1.8-7.5)	44 ± 11	37 ± 12
Group III (raised ferritin and transferrin saturation >70%)	4	1,622 (925-2,844)	117 (25-558)	41.8 (33.7-51.9)	5.1 (1.3-20.5)	79 ± 12	40 ± 14
P		<.0005	.6	<.0005	.8	.001	.8

P represents significance level for comparison of mean values according to the iron category of the husbands.

Geometric mean and SD range.

Mean ± SD.