Differential ferritin interpretation methods that adjust for inflammation yield discrepant iron deficiency prevalence

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-228

  Nel, Elsmari ^a   Kruger, Herculina S ^a   Baumgartner, Jeannine ^a   Faber, Mieke ^b   Smuts, Cornelius M ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Anaemia; Infants; Infection; IRIS study; Serum ferritin; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OROSOMUCOID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FERRITIN INTERPRETATION METHOD; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OROSOMUCOID; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84954026364     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12175     Document Type: Article

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