Using Soluble Transferrin Receptor and Taking Inflammation into Account When Defining Serum Ferritin Cutoffs Improved the Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in a Group of Canadian Preschool Inuit Children from Nunavik

• Published in: Anemia
• Main Authors: Turgeon O'Brien, Huguette, Blanchet, Rosanne, Gagné, Doris, Lauzière, Julie, Vézina, Carole
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
• Subjects: Research Article; Ida; Nunavik; inuit
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4921626/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27382488; https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6430214

The prevalence of iron depletion, iron deficient erythropoiesis (IDE), and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) was assessed in preschool Inuit children using soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and traditional indicators of iron status while disregarding or taking inflammation into account when defining SF...