background iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent anemia. 2 million people in the world suffer from it. all young girls are at higher risk for iron defiency anemia, therefore,diagnosis and prevention of this anemia in the young age is very important. materials and methods: a total of 1500 high school girls educated in five regions of education of mashhad (ages 14-18 years) were studied. c...

The Access(®) soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) is considered the world's first automated chemiluminescence immunoassay. In this study, the diagnostic utility of this and other tests for serum iron were evaluated by studying their interrelationships with inflammation. A total of 367 patients with anemia (iron deficiency anemia [IDA], 157; anemia of chronic disease [ACD], 210) and 80 normal co...

The effect of improvement in vitamin A nutriture on biochemical indicators of iron nutrition during national vitamin A fortification of sugar was investigated longitudinally. Four "paired-comparison-subgroups" of preschoolers were studied before fortification (survey I) and, respectively, at 6 months (survey I versus II), at 1 yr (survey I versus III), at 1 1/2 yr (survey I versus IV), and at 2...

AIM To determine whether iron metabolism influences the incidence of systemic fungal infection in patients with haematological malignancies. METHODS The study population comprised 74 patients who had undergone myeloablative chemotherapy. Systemic fungal infections were classified as confirmed (histological confirmation or characteristic septate hyphae) or possible (antibiotic resistant fever ...

Introduction: Children's most prevalent dietary deficit is iron. Anemia affects 25% of the world's population, mostly preschoolers and women, according to WHO. The aim compare red blood cell distribution width serum ferritin, iron, total iron binding capacity, mean corpuscular volume, hemoglobin concentration, in diagnosing deficiency anemia. Method: Karbala teaching hospital for children did a...

Background. In clinical practice, serum ferritin is used as a screening tool to detect iron deficiency. However, its reliability in obesity has been questioned. Objectives. To investigate the role of ferritin in overweight and obese people, either as a marker of inflammation or iron deficiency. Methods. On the basis of body mass index (BMI), 150 participants were divided into three equal groups...

OBJECTIVE To investigate haematological variations and iron related changes in the serum of participants in a 1600 kilometre ultramarathon run. PARTICIPANTS Seven male and two female participants in a 1600 km foot race. METHODS Blood samples were obtained from the participants before, after four and 11 days of running, and at the end of the event. Samples were analysed by standard methods f...

background and objectives: complement proteins are some of the most important plasma proteins of the innate immune system. impaired immune function is reported in subjects who are iron deficient, and there are documents that these patients are prone to infection. this study was conducted to show whether serum c3 and c4 complement change in adult nonpregnant female with iron deficient anemia or ...