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Prevalence of iron deficiency in 62,685 women of seven race/ethnicity groups: The HEIRS Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Barton James C, Wiener Howard H, Acton Ronald T, Adams Paul C, Eckfeldt John H, Gordeuk Victor R, Harris Emily L, McLaren Christine E, Harrison Helen, McLaren Gordon D, Reboussin David M
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BACKGROUND: Few cross-sectional studies report iron deficiency (ID) prevalence in women of different race/ethnicity and ages in US or Canada. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated screening observations on women who participated between 2001-2003 in a cross-sectional, primary care-based sample of adults ages ≥25 y whose observations were complete: race/ethnicity; age; transferrin saturation; serum ferritin; and HFE...
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