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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 4 Correlation between serum ferritin, hepatic, and cardiac investigations of the studied group

From: MRI evaluation of hepatic and cardiac iron burden in pediatric thalassemia major patients: spectrum of findings by T2*

Variable

Serum ferritin

r$

p

SIG

Cardiac T2*

− 0.1

0.4

NS

MIC

0.2

0.1

NS

Hepatic T2*

− 0.4

0.02*

S

LIC

0.5

0.01*

S

  1. NS not significant; S significant
  2. *Statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05)
  3. $Spearman correlation
  4. Both Hepatic T2* & LIC have p values <0.05 so both are statistically significant
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