Iron deficiency is not the main contributor to anemia in older Mexican adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2018-19

• Main Authors: Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora (Author), Marta Rivera-Pasquel (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Salvador Villalpando-Hernández (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To describe the current status of anemia and iron deficiency (ID), as well as associated sociodemographic characteristics, in older adults (OA). Materials and meth­ods. Serum and capillary blood samples from a sample of OA participants (n=2 902) from the Ensanut 2018-19 were analyzed. ID...