Obesity and iron deficiency: A quantitative meta-analysis

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1081-1093

  Zhao, L ^a,b   Zhang, X ^c   Shen, Y ^c   Fang, X ^a   Wang, Y ^d   Wang, F ^a,b,e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hypoferraemia; Iron deficiency; Obesity

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBASE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEDLINE; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIENCY; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOMARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84947770747     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12323     Document Type: Review

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