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Table 4 Correlation of serum ferritin with some biochemical and clinical parameters among patients with T2DM and non-diabetic control groups at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024

From: Serum ferritin level and associated factors among uncontrolled adult type II diabetic follow-up patients: comparative based cross-sectional study

Tested parameters

Study groups

T2DM patients (n=104)

Control groups (n=52)

r

p-value

r

p-value

Age (yrs)

-0.035

0.722

-0.042

0.766

BMI(kg/m2)

0.182

0.065

0.214

0.127

SBP (mmHg)

0.195

0.047*

-0.005

0.971

DBP (mmHg)

0.177

0.072

-0.082

0.564

Duration on DM (yrs)

0.092

0.355

-

-

HbA1c (%)

0.457

<0.001**

-0.066

0.643

FBs (mg/dl)

0.386

<0.001**

-0.056

0.693

Serum iron (ug/dl)

0.430

<0.001**

-0.023

0.871

  1. r = Pearson correlation coefficient; **=p-value is significant at 0.01 level (2-tailed; *= p-value significant at 0.05 level (2-tailed) and all the tested parameters were expressed in terms of (Mean ± SD)
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