Table 1

Patient’s test results

TEST	4MO BEFORE DIAGNOSIS	BEFORE VENESECTION	AFTER 4 VENESECTIONS OF 500 ML EACH	AFTER 8 VENESECTIONS OF 500 ML EACH
Ferritin, μg/L (Ref 15–225 μg/L)	Not known	2118	865	141
γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase, U/L (Ref <35 U/L)	123	305	500	64
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L (Ref <36 U/L)	29	56	63	27
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L (Ref <36 U/L)	26	49	64	29
Hemoglobin A_1c, % (Ref 4.8% to 6.2%)	5.7	5.9	Not done	5.2

Ref—reference level.