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Serum ferritin, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome: clinical and laboratory associations in 769 non-hispanic whites without diabetes mellitus in the HEIRS study.
Metabolic syndrome and related disorders - 1 Mar 2015
Acton Ronald T, Barton J Clayborn, Barton James C
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BACKGROUND: In some reports, serum ferritin (SF) has been associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. METHODS: We studied non-Hispanic whites without diabetes mellitus in a postscreening examination. Participants included cases [HFE C282Y homozygosity; and transferrin saturation (TS) >50% and SF >300 μg/L (males) and TS >45% and SF >200 μg/dL (females), regardless of HFE genotype] and controls [HFE...
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