This study examined the ethnic difference in the association between increased serum
ferritin (SF)(> 300 μg/l) and acute inflammation (AI)(C-reactive protein⩾ 1· 0 mg/dl) between …

Background: Nutritional surveys use acute phase protein (APP) biomarkers such as C-
reactive protein (CRP) and α 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) to identify the influence of …

Background: The World Health Organization recommends serum ferritin concentrations as
the best indicator of iron deficiency (ID). Unfortunately, ferritin increases with infections; …

The determination of iron status is challenging when concomitant infection and inflammation
are present because of confounding effects of the acute-phase response on the …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to assess the association between serum ferritin
and death from all causes, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), CHD and myocardial infarction …

Inflammatory disease as well as iron deficiency may play an important role in the cause of
anemia in the United States. We evaluated the relationships between Fe deficiency …

Serum ferritin protein is an acute phase reactant. We hypothesized that serum ferritin protein
generated in response to an inflammatory process would have much less iron (Fe) in it than …

Many nutrient biomarkers are altered by inflammation. We calculated adjustment factors for
retinol and ferritin by using meta-analyses of studies containing the respective biomarker …

Background This study examined age-, sex-, and race-related increases in body iron stores
that have been implicated in disease and the relative utility of the serum ferritin versus the …

Background The accurate estimation of iron deficiency is important in planning and
implementing interventions. Ferritin is recommended as the primary measure of iron status …