Increased body mass index may lead to hyperferritinemia irrespective of body iron stores

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1521-1526

  Alam, Faiza ^a   Memon, Abdul Shakoor ^b   Fatima, Syeda Sadia ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CRP; Ferritin; Inflammation; Iron; Obesity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON STORAGE; OBESITY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 84948986953     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12669/pjms.316.7724     Document Type: Article

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