Comparison of Current World Health Organization Guidelines with Physiologically Based Serum Ferritin Thresholds for Iron Deficiency in Healthy Young Children and Nonpregnant Women Using Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

BACKGROUND: Current WHO serum ferritin (SF) thresholds for iron deficiency (ID) in children (<12 μg/L) and women (<15 μg/L) are derived from expert opinion based on radiometric assays in use decades ago. Using a contemporary immunoturbidimetry assay, higher thresholds (children, <20 μg/L; w...

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Autores principales: Mei, Zuguo, Addo, O Yaw, Jefferds, Maria Elena D., Sharma, Andrea J., Flores-Ayala, Rafael C., Pfeiffer, Christine M., Brittenham, Gary M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10472073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36803577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.01.035

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10472073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36803577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.01.035

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