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

• Päätekijät: Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora (Tekijä), Marta Rivera-Pasquel (Tekijä), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Tekijä), Salvador Villalpando-Hernández (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...