Of patients referred to a geriatric service, 66 were identified who were clearly anemic
(hemoglobin less than 12 g in men, less than 11 g in women) but whose cause of anemia …

Iron status was determined in 280 free‐living and healthy elderly men (n= 131) and women
(n= 149) by assessing dietary and supplemental iron intake as well as ten biochemical …

Abstract purpose: To determine the value of serum ferritin, mean cell volume, transferrin
saturation, and free erythrocyte protoporphyrin in the diagnosis of iron-deficiency anemia in …

Serum ferritin was correl a ted with bone marrow iron stores in 35 elderly an a emic patients.
All 19 pati e nts with low serum ferritin had iron defici e ncy as assessed on bone marrow …

Iron status was evaluated in 103 elderly institutionalized individuals using haemoglobin
concentration, red cell indices, serum iron, serum transferrin, serum ferritin and basic red cell …

AIMS--To determine a concentration of ferritin below which the possibility of iron deficiency
should be considered in elderly patients. METHODS--Consecutive new referrals to a …

The small‐dose (20 mg) oral iron absorption test (OIAT) was performed in 76 hospitalized
elderly patients and 30 healthy adults. Of the elderly patients, 34 were considered as iron …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of mean corpuscular volume,
transferrin saturation, total iron-binding capacity, and ferritin level in determining iron …

It has already been shown that sideropenia occurs in one third to one half of patients that are
admitted to the acute geriatric wards of a general hospital [Powell, Thomas and Mills, 1968] …

Sideropcnia was assessed in 333 consecutive admissions to the acute geriatric wards of a
general hospital. Low values were obtained in between one third to one half of the patients …