Obesity and diabetes are associated with impaired iron metabolism. We aimed to examine
the independent relationship between diabetes and iron after controlling for body weight (or …

Objectives: No longitudinal studies have examined how iron measures change over
menopause. Our objectives were to examine iron measures in individual women at …

Background: The increasing proportion of iron-replete individuals in industrialized countries
and the possible increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among men with high iron …

Objective This study examined the association between iron status and a set of breast
cancer risk factors among US adult women aged 20–80 years. Methods Data from National …

ContextType 2 diabetes is a common manifestation of hemochromatosis, a disease of iron
overload. However, it is not clear whether higher iron stores predict the development of type …

Background Studies of gender difference in type 2 diabetes have been inconclusive. We
investigated gender difference in type 2 diabetes and the contribution of body iron, as …

OBJECTIVE: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects approximately 7% of all
pregnancies. Pregnancy, mostly because of the mitochondria-rich placenta, is a condition …

Background Obesity is associated with various health and nutritional issues, including
impaired iron metabolism. However, the causal relationship is debatable, and the …

Background: Associations between obesity and poor iron status have been described in
children and adults. Proposed mechanisms for this association implicate a physiologic …

Aims The relationship between iron status, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has
scarcely been tested. This study hypothesizes that patients with obesity and T2DM have …