Plasma levels of proinflammatory and iron-regulatory proteins. (A) Plasma hepcidin levels. Hepcidin-25 (m/z 2789) peak intensities were measured by SELDI-TOF and compared between groups. *Statistically different compared with CC (P < .0001); ^#statistically different compared with DC (P < .001); ^§statistically different compared with UM (P < .001). (B) Plasma IL-6 levels. *Statistically different compared with CC (P < .001); ^#statistically different compared with DC (P < .01); ^§statistically different compared with UM (P < .05). (C) Plasma CRP levels. *Statistically different compared with CC (P < .001). (D) Plasma transferrin levels. (E) Plasma sTfR levels. (F) Plasma ferritin levels. *Statistically different compared with CC (P < .001); ^#statistically different compared with DC (P < .05); ^§ statistically different compared with UM (P < .01). Boxplot with median and 5^th to 95^th percentile whiskers.