|
Age (years), mean ± SD
|
56.1 ± 9.0
|
65.1 ± 10.0
|
0.00034**
|
|
Female gender, number (%)
|
9 (45%)
|
80 (63.0%)
|
0.1446***
|
|
Caucasian race, number (%)
|
11 (55%)
|
86 (67.7%)
|
0.5099***
|
|
Ethnicity:
| | | |
|
Hispanic, number (%)
|
4 (20%)
|
14 (11.0%)
|
0.4405***
|
|
Non-Hispanic, number (%)
|
16 (80%)
|
113 (89.0%)
| |
|
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD
|
26.6 ± 4.1
|
26.6 ± 3.6
|
0.9547**
|
|
Genotypes, number (%):
| | | |
|
+/+ (wild type)
|
15 (75%)
|
95 (74.8%)
|
0.7962***
|
|
H63D/+
|
5 (25%)
|
18 (14.2%)
| |
|
C282Y/+
|
0
|
7 (5.5%)
| |
|
H63D/H63D
|
0
|
2 (1.6%)
| |
|
C282Y/H63D
|
0
|
2 (1.6%)
| |
|
C282Y/C282Y
|
0
|
3 (2.4%)
| |
|
Ferritin (ng/ml), mean ± SD:
| | | |
|
Baseline
|
37.1 ± 23.0
|
59.1 ±114.9
|
0.3344**
|
|
18-month follow-up
|
47.7 ± 34.5
|
53.3 ± 55.8
|
0.7747**
|
|
Delta
|
8.8 ± 24.8
|
-6.6 ± 88.8
|
0.3317**
|
|
Variables: Male Subjects ( N = 58)
|
Control ( N = 11)
|
OA ( N = 47)
|
P
Value*
|
|
Age (years), mean ± SD
|
58.4 ± 10.1
|
67.1 ± 9.7
|
0.0205**
|
|
Caucasian race, number (%)
|
6 (54.5%)
|
34 (72.3%)
|
0.2901
|
|
Ethnicity:
| | | |
|
Hispanic, number (%)
|
2 (18.2%)
|
14 (8.5%)
|
0.3178
|
|
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD
|
27.7 ± 3.5
|
26.6 ± 3.1
|
0.3716
|
