Prevalence of iron overload: categories of non-haem hepatic iron concentration and the hepatic iron index classified according to sex and mode of death
| Traumatic/suicidal deaths (n=135) | Hospital deaths (n=59) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=107) | Women (n=28) | Men (n=46) | Women (n=13) | ||
| Hepatic iron concentration | |||||
| <30 μmol/g | 82 (77) | 23 (82) | 34 (74) | 12 (92) | |
| 30–180 μmol/g | 22 (21) | 2 (7) | 12 (26) | 1 (8) | |
| 180–360 μmol/g | 4 (3) | 3 (11) | 0 | 0 | |
| Hepatic iron index | |||||
| <1.0 | 85 (79) | 24 (86) | 38 (83) | 12 (92) | |
| 1.0–1.9 | 12 (11) | 1 (4) | 7 (15) | 1 (8) | |
| >1.9 | 10 (9) | 3 (11) | 1 (2) | 0 | |