Ages and tissue iron concentrations according to sex and category of death
| Traumatic and suicidal deaths | Hospital deaths | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=107) | Women (n=28) | Men (n=46) | Women (n=13) | ||
| Age (years) | 36 (13) | 37 (13) | 38 (13) | 37 (15) | |
| Hepatic iron (μmol/g dry weight) | 20.4 (8.8–47.3) | 17.3 (5.5–54.3) | 19.1 (9.6–38.3) | 13.6 (8.0–23.2) | |
| Splenic iron (μmol/g dry weight) | 20.2 (8.5–47.0) | 18.5 (5.5–62.1) | 25.8 (9.4–70.6) | 15.4 (8.2–28.8) | |
| Heart iron (μmol/g dry weight) | 4.7 (3.4-6.5) | 5.0 (3.1–7.9) | 4.6 (2.5–8.5) | 4.9 (3.4–7.1) | |
| Lung iron (μmol/g dry weight) | 12.4 (6.5–23.7) | 11.4 (4.7–27.5) | 11.8 (6.6–21.0) | 9.3 (5.9–14.6) | |
| Skin iron (μmol/g dry weight) | 1.9 (1.1–3.4) | 2.0 (0.8–5.0) | 1.9 (1.1–3.2) | 1.8 (1.1–3.0) | |
Results are shown as mean and SD for age and as geometric mean and SD range for tissue iron concentration. Ages were unavailable for three traumatic deaths and one hospital death. Iron concentrations were unavailable for one or more of the non-hepatic tissues in 20 of the traumatic deaths and eight of the hospital deaths.