Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes is accompanied by significant morphological and ultrastructural changes in both erythrocytes and in thrombin-generated fibrin: implications for diagnostics

Table 7 Diabetic patient details of micrographs from the SEM analysis shown in Figure 6

	Gender	Age	Iron (μmol.L ⁻¹ ) 11.6-31.3	Transferrin (g.L ⁻¹ ) 2.2-3.7	% saturation 20 – 50%	Serum ferritin (ng.mL ⁻¹ ) M = 20-250 F = 10-120
DIABETES 29	M	72	25.3	2.4	42	386
DIABETES 44	F	66	28.6	2.6	44	359
DIABETES 50	M	61	23	1.9	48	1097
DIABETES 45	Yes	M	60	18	2.4	88
DIABETES 46	F	69	9.6	2.3	17	74
DIABETES 49	F	62	12.4	2.2	23	58

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