Hypoferremic State in Overweight and Obese Children
Indian Pediatr
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2018 Jan; 55(1): 72-73
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| ID: sea-199002
ABSTRACT
Children with high body mass index (BMI) are at risk of irondeficiency. In present study, 71 children with overweight or obesitywere screened for iron deficiency. Mean BMI, ferritin and plasmasoluble transferrin receptor (sTrfR) levels were 26.1 kg/m2, 41.9?g/L and 0.375 mg/L, respectively. Twenty (28%) children hadanemia, and 44 (62%) had an underlying hypoferraemic state.
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Indian Pediatr
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2018
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