Assessment of iron deficiency in the context of the obesity epidemic: Importance of correcting serum ferritin concentrations for inflammation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 821-826

  Gartner, Agnès ^a   Berger, Jacques ^a   Bour, Abdellatif ^b   Ati, Jalila El ^c   Traissac, Pierre ^a   Landais, Edwige ^a   Kabbaj, Saâd El ^d   Delpeuch, Francis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^d Laboratory of Research and Medical Analyses   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOROCCO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883145875     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.054551     Document Type: Article

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