Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Exp Med. Nov 20, 2015; 5(4): 232-243
Published online Nov 20, 2015. doi: 10.5493/wjem.v5.i4.232
Table 1 Clinical features of studied subjects
Non-Hispanic whites
Non-Hispanic blacks
Hispanics
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
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Age (yr)55 ± 1954 ± 2043 ± 1742 ± 1642 ± 1741 ± 17
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)130 ± 18125 ± 21128 ± 18122 ± 20125 ± 17120 ± 20
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)76 ± 1072 ± 979 ± 1174 ± 1176 ± 1071 ± 10
Body mass index (kg/m2)26.75 ± 4.6326.39 ± 5.8026.74 ± 5.3429.07 ± 7.2227.10 ± 4.6428.26 ± 5.97
Transferrin saturation (%)27.93 ± 8.3924.58 ± 8.7826.22 ± 8.1121.75 ± 8.5128.23 ± 8.5922.95 ± 8.98
Ferritin (mcg/L)176 ± 14295 ± 104215 ± 17093 ± 111169 ± 14267 ± 95
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)22 ± 819 ± 825 ± 1722 ± 827 ± 1623 ± 19
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)18 ± 1114 ± 1019 ± 1318 ± 1128 ± 2421 ± 23
Gamma glutamyl transferase (U/L)35 ± 5521 ± 2046 ± 5935 ± 5546 ± 5330 ± 31
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)0.43 ± 0.760.45 ± 0.620.48 ± 0.790.53 ± 0.650.44 ± 0.840.53 ± 0.80