Patterns of Dietary Iron Intake, Iron Status, and Predictors of Haemoglobin Levels among Early Adolescents in a Rural Ghanaian District

Table 4

Partial correlation of iron dietary pattern (IDP) and biochemical markers.

Variables	Iron			Dietary iron	Vitamin C	Haemoglobin	Ferritin	C-protein
	DP 1 reactive	DP 2	DP 3
Iron DP 1	1.000	−0.047	0.045	−0.234	−0.080	−0.075	0.099	−0.005
Iron DP 2	−0.047	1.000	0.030	−0.198	−0.201	−0.086	−0.075	−0.081
Iron DP 3	0.045	0.030	1.000	−0.080	−0.087	−0.093	0.014	0.055
Dietary iron	−0.234	0.198	−0.080	1.000	0.520	0.084	−0.123	0.010
Vitamin C	−0.080	−0.201	−0.087	0.520	1.000	0.090	−0.015	0.053
Haemoglobin	−0.075	−0.086	−0.093	0.084	0.090	1.000	−0.178	−0.140
Ferritin	0.099	−0.075	0.014	−0.123	−0.015	−0.178	1.000	0.100
C-reactive protein	−0.005	−0.081	0.055	0.010	0.053	−0.140	0.100	1.000

Controlled variables: age and gender. Partial correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Partial correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). DP: dietary pattern.