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Table 3 Changes in haematological data pre- and post-intervention

From: Dietary iron intervention using a staple food product for improvement of iron status in female runners

Iron status parameter

Pre- intervention

Post-intervention

Change

Intrinsic error (lower-upper range values)*

Serum Transferrin (g/L)

3.21 ± 0.6

2.97 ± 0.4

- 5.4%

0.86 ± 0.77%

Serum Transferrin Receptor (mg/L)

3.43 ± 1.8

2.96 ± 1.3

- 12.8%

0.76 ± 1.1%

Serum Ferritin (μg/L)

29.64 ± 20.9

33.40 ± 18.8

+ 5.4%

3.8 ± 2.1%

TIBC (μmol/L)

81.2 ± 14.7

76.2 ± 9.8

- 6.2%

N/A

sTfR-F index

3.66 ± 3.7

1.94 ± 2.2

- 16.7%

N/A

  1. Key: *Intrinsic error was determined as coefficient of variance (CV) within run (n = 84 for sFer, n = 20 for sTRF and sTsfR) for the lower and upper reference range values for all direct measurement haematological indices.