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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Sensitivity and specificity of transferrin saturation and serum ferritin concentration for detection of C282Y/C282Y homozygosity in hereditary hemochromatosis* Substance Sensitivity Specificity Men Women Both Men Women Both Transferrinsaturation, percent ≥45 0.81 0.48 0.64 (0.56-0.72) 0.94 0.97 0.96 (0.96-0.96) ≥50 0.76 0.40 0.57 (0.49-0.65) 0.97 0.99 0.98 (0.98-0.98) Serum ferritin concentration ≥200µg/L 0.78 0.54 0.66 (0.58-0.73) 0.76 0.95 0.85 (0.85-0.86) ≥250µg/L 0.77 0.46 0.60 (0.52-0.68) 0.85 0.97 0.91 (0.91-0.91) * Values in parentheses are 95 percent confidence intervals Data from Beutler, E, Felitti, V, Gelbart, T, Ho, N. Ann Intern Med 2000; 133:329. Updated from Koziol, JA, et al. Ann Intern Med 2002; 137:700.