Patients with TB typically present with an elevated ESR and anaemia.27 The ESR is affected by both the anaemia and the underlying inflammation.28 The anaemia of chronic infection is generally considered to be a result of ferrokinetics as regulated by the balance between hepcidin and ferroportin.29 Although trending negative as expected, the relationship between lipase and HB was not significant in this study. The gene discussed is HAMP; the disease is anemia.