Albertine Donker

Standardized Pediatric Hepcidin Values 261 7 Supplemental Table 2. Serum hepcidin values (nmol/L) stratified for sex and age < 12 years versus age > 12 years Males Females Age (years) n (%) Median (nmol/L) p 2.5 (nmol/L) p 97.5 (nmol/L) n (%) median (nmo/L) p 2.5 (nmol/L) p 97.5 (nmol/L) p a 0-<12 111 (71) 1.8 0.1 11.4 59 (54) 1.9 0.0 16.4 0.747 12-<18 46 (29) 0.7 0.0 9.3 50 (46) 1.0 0.1 9.4 0.409 p b 0.003 0.016 Total 157 (100) 1.5 0.1 9.4 109 (100) 1.5 0.0 12.1 a Independent sample median test confirmed that median hepcidin did not differ between males and females b Independent sample median test confirmed that median hepcidin significantly dropped after the age of 12 years in both males and females