HEPCIDIN AND FERRITIN MODULATED IN OBESE MALE.

Obesity has reached truly epidemic proportions worldwide and has become one of the most prevalent health problems that our world currently faces. The goal of the study is to identify the relationship between body mass index (BMI), insulin, hepcidin, and ferritin in obese males. Ninety males were recruited into the study; forty participants were assigned to the obese group were have BMI>30 kg/m2, twenty to overweight group were have BMI between 25-30 kg/m2, and another thirty to the control group were have slow BMI<25 kg/m2.