3.2 Correlation of serum ferritin with LIC and MIC
All patients with serum ferritin >1000 ng/ml had an
elevated LIC. LIC had a linear correlation with serum ferritin (r=0.49,
p<0.001) (Figure 1). MIC lacked correlation with serum
ferritin (r=0.20, p=0.19) as well as LIC (r=0.04, p=0.81).