Table 2

Effect of tea on iron absorption and mucosal iron transfer (V_14.7) in patients with genetic haemochromatosis

Subject		Test meal with tea				Test meal with water		Absorption ratio A_tea/A_water
Subject		Iron absorption (%)	V_14.7			Iron absorption (%)	V_14.7	Absorption ratio A_tea/A_water
1.1	7.0	1.03		13	0.84	0.53
1.2	3.0	0.79		63	1.00	0.05
1.3	19	1.02		45	1.00	0.42
1.4	5.7	0.98		19	0.89	0.30
1.5	7.4	0.85		16	0.94	0.46
1.6	2.9	1.06		17	0.95	0.15
1.7	2.7	0.81		14	0.83	0.19
1.8	1.9	0.90		12	1.07	0.15
1.9	0.8	0.70		5.7	0.79	0.14
2.1	19	0.99		32	1.04	0.59
2.2	3.9	1.04		21	1.01	0.19
2.3	1.0	1.08		8	0.91	0.12
2.4	6.7	0.96		12	0.98	0.57
2.5	0.4	ND		4.8	0.78	0.08
2.6	10	1.01		29	1.00	0.34
2.8	9.5	1.00		33	1.02	0.29
2.9	20	1.05		37	1.02	0.54
2.10	3.4	1.05		16	0.92	0.21
Mean	6.9	0.96		22.1	0.94	0.30
SEM	1.4	0.03		3.4	0.02	0.04