Article
Specific cognitive effects of mild iron deficiency and associations with blood polymorphisms in young adults.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Foley D, Hay D A, Mitchell R J
Abstract excerpt
This study of 172 university undergraduates examines the relationship of five cognitive tests to iron levels (as measured by a haematofluorometer) and three polymorphic blood markers implicated in either iron metabolism or transport. The markers used were the red cell antigens of the ABO system a...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Adult
- Anemia, Hypochromic
- Cognition
- Female
- Haptoglobins
- Humans
- Iron
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Psychological Tests
- Transferrin