HAMP and autoimmune hepatitis: Second, when we restricted the statistical analysis only in female patients (n = 74) in order to investigate the impact of gender, the results were identical to those noticed in the whole group of patients (n = 126), with significantly lower levels of serum hepcidin and serum hepcidin/log ferritin ratio in autoimmune liver diseases groups (p<0.001; S1 Table).