Table 5 The iron physiological requirements between 2 genders
From: Iron physiological requirements in Chinese adults assessed by the stable isotope labeling technique
gender | n | mean body weight (kg) | iron requirements (μg/d) | iron requirements adjusted by weight (μg/kg.d) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mean ± std | comparison of different genders | mean ± std | comparison of different genders | |||||
T | P | T | P | |||||
female | 7 | 53.72 ± 9.06 | 1101.68 ± 335.76 | 0.819 | 0.424 | 20.69 ± 6.53 | 2.771 | 0.013 |
male | 12 | 67.38 ± 12.5 | 959.9 ± 378.66 | 14.04 ± 4.02 | ||||