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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Association between certain variables and hepatic iron deposition in 60 children with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia major (TDT)

From: The impact of magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of iron overload in heart and liver in transfusion-dependent thalassemic children: Minia experience

Association analysis

r

P value

Hepatic and cardiac iron deposition

 − 0.39

0.03*

Ejection fraction and cardiac iron deposition

0.33

0.08

Serum ferritin and hepatic iron deposition

 − 0.42

0.02*

Serum ferritin and cardiac iron deposition

 − 0.25

0.04*

  1. *P value was regarded as statistically significant if < 0.05
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