Table 1: Laboratory parameters of the patients and the controls
| Laboratory parameters/ The reference range | Patients | Control Subjects | P value |
| Hemoglobin/ 12-17.00 g/dl |
11.12 ± 1.59 | 13.56 ± 1.23 | 0.00 |
| MCV/ 80.0-100.0 fl |
80.80 ± 7.79 | 85.72 ± 5.23 | < 0.05 |
| SIB 220-420 ug/dl |
394.72 ± 98.65 | 348.28 ± 27.90 | 0.000 |
| SI 50-170 ug/dl |
63.47 ± 27.28 | 87.89 ± 23.52 | < 0,05 |
| Ferritin/ For man 30-400 ng/ml / for female 13-150 ng/ml |
34.11 ± 20.46 | 57.66 ± 21.03 | 0.00 |
| Zinc/ 70-150 μg/dL |
75.90 ± 25.38 | 77.69 ± 14.01 | > 0,05 |
| Folic acid/ 3,1-17,5 ng/ml |
4.88 ± 2.38 | 5.03 ± 1.77 | > 0,05 |
| B12 vitamin/ 197-866 pg/ml |
327.72 ± 106.55 | 332.29 ± 111.73 | > 0,05 |
| TSH/ 0.27 - 4.20 mikroIU/mL |
1.77 ± 1.44 | 1.56 ± 0.50 | > 0,05 |
| FT3/ 1,8-4,6 ng/mL |
2.61 ± 1.55 | 2.28 ± 0.41 | > 0,05 |
| FT4/ 0,89-1,80 ng/mL Antinuclear antibody titers VDRL |
1.32 ± 1.22 Negative Negative |
1.24 ± 0.53 Negative Negative |
> 0,05
- - |
MCV: Mean corpuscular volume, SIB: Serum iron binding globulin, SI: Serum iron, TSH: Thyroid Stimulating Hormone,
FT3: Free triiodothyronine, FT4: Free thyroxine, VDRL: Venereal Disease Reserach Laboratory