Components of biological variation in serum soluble transferrin receptor: relationships to serum iron, transferrin and ferritin concentrations, and immune and haematological variables.

We investigated the components of biological variation in serum soluble transferrin receptor (TfR) in relation to serum iron, transferrin (Tf), ferritin, soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R), sIL-6R, and number of erythrocytes, haemoglobin (Hb), haematocrit (Ht), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean cell haemoglobin (MCH), and erythrocyte distribution width (RDW). We took monthly blood samples during 1 calendar year from 26 healthy subjects for assay of the above variables. The estimated CVs for TfR were interindividual CVg = 20.8%, and intra-individual CVi = 13.6%; for Tf, CVg = 14.4% and CVi = 6.7%; for iron, CVg = 16.8% and CVi = 29.2%; and for ferritin, CVg = 71.1% and CVi = 26.5%. There was a statistically significant seasonal pattern in the four variables with significant annual, biannual and/or trimonthly rhythms, which were expressed as a group phenomenon. The peak-trough differences in the yearly variations, expressed as a percentage of the mean, were: for TfR, 11.7%; for iron, 39.2%; for Tf, 11.7%; and for ferritin, 29.3%. Up to 34.2% of the within-subject variability in TfR (which reflects changes over time) could be explained by the regression on iron, ferritin, Tf, sIL-2R, sIL-6R and MCH values. Up to 67.2% of the between-subject variability in TfR (which reflects differences in the homeostatic setpoint during the study year) could be explained by the regression on gender, iron, Tf, and ferritin values.

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