Revaluation of clinical and histological criteria for diagnosis of dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2008; 14(30): 4745-4752
Published online Aug 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4745

Table 3 Correlation between number of MS components and several parameters in HIO patients

	r	P
Age (yr)	0.3	0.0055
Degree of hepatic steatosis (%)	0.57	< 0.0001
HOMA index	0.59	< 0.0001
Transferrin saturation (%)	-0.25	0.0293
Total iron score	-0.33	0.0053
Histological hepatic iron index	-0.53	< 0.0001
Sinusoidal iron score/Total iron score	0.13	> 0.05

Degree of hepatic steatosis refers to the percentage of hepatocytes involved by steatosis.

Citation: Riva A, Trombini P, Mariani R, Salvioni A, Coletti S, Bonfadini S, Paolini V, Pozzi M, Facchetti R, Bovo G, Piperno A. Revaluation of clinical and histological criteria for diagnosis of dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(30): 4745-4752
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i30/4745.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.4745