Serum hepcidin-25 may replace the ferritin index in the Thomas plot in assessing iron status in anemic patients

Abstract

Patients with IDA can be differentiated from ACD and ACD/IDA but not ACD from ACD/IDA based on hepcidin-25 alone. The combination of hepcidin-25 with CHr in the hepcidin-25 plot was useful for the differentiation of the states above.