Serum iron and transferrin saturation in women with special reference to women with low transferrin saturation. The population study of women in Göteborg 1968-1969
| Autor: | Elisabeth Tibblin, Leif Hallberg, Calle Bengtsson, Birgitta K. Lundgren, Jan Lennartsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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Anemia Iron Physiology Total population Hematocrit Infections Hemoglobins Total iron-binding capacity Bone Marrow medicine Humans Erythrocyte Volume Sweden Anemia Hypochromic Binding Sites medicine.diagnostic_test Transferrin saturation Chemistry Transferrin Hematology Iron deficiency Middle Aged medicine.disease Immunology Serum iron Population study Female |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of haematology. 23(3) |
| ISSN: | 0036-553X |
| Popis: | Serum iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) were determined in a population sample of 1462 women in age strata between 38 and 60. Serum iron and TIBC values were similar in the various ages studied but with a slight trend towards higher serum iron and lower TIBC values in the upper ages. Transferrin saturation was used to divide the material arbitarily into women with and without iron deficiency. The dividing point chosen was 16%. The women thus defined as iron deficient had lower mean haemoglobin values than women in the total population sample and were more often anaemic. They had also lower MCV, MCH and MCHC indices than women in the total population sample. Of these indices, MCH seemed to discriminate the state of iron deficiency better than MCV and MCHC. Except for an increased mean menstrual blood loss no obvious cause of iron deficiency could be found in these women with low transferrin saturation. |
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