Red cell and biochemical parameter data of female IDA and LID subjects compared to normal female subjects.

Table 1: Red cell and biochemical parameter data of female IDA and LID subjects compared to normal female subjects.

Red Cell Parameters (Units)	Normal (n = 907) [7]	IDA (n = 104)	LID (n = 82)	IDA vs. Normal	LID vs. Normal	IDA vs. LID
Red Cell Parameters (Units)	Mean (SD)			p-values
RBC (10⁶/μl)	4.34 (0.34)	4.37 (0.41)	4.47 (0.29)	0.004^**	0.096	0.002^**
Hb (g/dl)	13.0 (0.89)	10.2 (1.27)	12.4 (0.74)	0.000^**	0.119	0.000^**
HCT (%)	38.9 (2.61)	32.1 (3.34)	37.7 (2.19)	0.003^**	0.053	0.001^**
MCV (fl)	89.8 (3.94)	73.6 (7.37)	84.4 (4.62)	0.000^**	0.159	0.000^**
MCH (pg)	30.1 (1.57)	23.4 (2.98)	27.9 (1.85)	0.000^**	0.087	0.000^**
MCHC (g/dl)	33.5 (0.97)	31.7 (1.13)	33.0 (0.69)	0.000^**	0.248	0.000^**
RDW-SD (fl)	41.5 (2.59)	43.6 (4.23)	42.1 (2.67)	0.000^**	0.495	0.002^**
RDW-CV (%)	13.5 (0.78)	17.3 (2.01)	14.5 (1.02)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.000^**
RET (%)	10.1 (3.27)	8.6 (2.67)	8.1 (2.53)	0.043^*	0.008^**	0.390
RET# (10⁶/μl)	0.5 (0.15)	0.4 (0.13)	0.4 (0.12)	0.052	0.005^**	0.288
IRF (%)	4.0 (2.29)	10.3 (5.11)	5.0 (3.23)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.000^**
LFR (%)	96.0 (2.35)	89.7 (5.11)	95.0 (3.23)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.000^**
MFR (%)	3.69 (2.10)	9.16 (4.15)	4.67 (2.88)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.001^**
HFR (%)	0.3 (0.33)	1.1 (1.14)	0.3 (0.42)	0.000^**	0.007^**	0.000^**
Ret-He (pg)	34.7 (2.08)	24.5 (4.42)	31.4 (2.73)	0.000^**	0.002^**	0.000^**
RPI	0.7 (0.28)	0.4 (0.15)	0.5 (0.19)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.032^*
%Hypo-He	0.5 (0.45)	18.8 (17.35)	2.2 (2.37)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.000^**
%MicroR	1.7 (1.07)	18.7 (14.02)	4.3 (3.02)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.000^**
RET-Y (ch)	1816.2 (61.97)	1444.6 (186.46)	1710.4 (88.80)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.000^**
RBC-Y (ch)	1701.6 (55.81)	1360.0 (164.24)	1596.9 (76.68)	0.000^**	0.018^*	0.000^**
sTfR (mg/l)	3.3 (0.92)	8.6 (4.11)	4.3 (1.30)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.000^**
Ferritin(ng/mL)^***
Premenopausal	48.0 (14-410) (n = 484)	6.9 (3.87) (n = 82)	9.5 (2.51) (n = 78)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.046^*
Postmenopausal	121.0 (14.00-669.00) (n = 423)	11.3 (10.65) (n = 22)	11.8 (1.5) (n = 4)	0.000^**	0.000^**	0.231
LHD	5.6 (4.66)	27.1 (21.97)	8.3 (5.88)	0.000^**	0.010^**	0.010^**
RSF	98.8 (5.56)	87.1 (6.99)	95.7 (4.34)	0.000^**	0.075	0.000^**
MAF	11.7 (0.95)	7.5 (1.51)	10.5 (1.00)	0.000^**	0.179	0.000^**

All the parameters are reported as Mean (SD) except for ^***: Ferritin in pre and postmenopausal women which are reported as median, 2.5-97.5

percentile; ^*: Statistically significant (0.01 < p < 0.05);^**: Statistically very significant (p < 0.01).