Extended Data Fig. 6: Relationship between geometric mean hepcidin concentrations, malaria parasitemia and inflammation.
From: Malaria is a cause of iron deficiency in African children
Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. n indicates biologically independent samples. Horizontal dotted line indicates the threshold of hepcidin above which iron absorption is inhibited (5.5 µg/L). Inflammation was defined as CRP >5 mg/L, ACT >0.6 g/L or AGP >1 g/L. Malaria was defined as a blood slide positive for asexual P. falciparum parasites. Hepcidin was measured in the Burkina Faso, Western Kenya, Uganda, The Gambia, and Kilifi, Kenya cohorts.
