Iron disorder	Serum iron	Serum ferritin	Transferrin iron saturation percentage	Total iron-binding capacity	Transferrin	Hemoglobin
Hemochromatosis	↑	↑	↑	↓	↓	Normal
Anemia of chronic disease	↓	↑ or normal	↓	↓	↓	↓
Iron deficiency anemia	↓	↓	↓	↑	↑	↓
Porphyria cutanea tarda	↑	↑	↑	↓	↓	Normal
Sideroblastic anemia	↑	↑	↑	↓	↓	↓
Thalassemia	↑	↑	↑	↓	↓	↓
Vitamin B12 deficiency	↑ or normal	↑ or normal	↑ or normal	↓ or normal	↓or normal	↓