A 42-year-old man with chronic kidney disease (eGFR 28 mL/min/1.73m²) and a 35-year-old woman with celiac disease (newly diagnosed, untreated) both present with anemia. Which laboratory finding best distinguishes the anemia of chronic kidney disease from iron deficiency anemia secondary to malabsorption?

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