Anemia and iron deficiency in Mexican elderly population. Results from the Ensanut 2012

• Main Authors: Alejandra Contreras-Manzano (Author), Vanessa de la Cruz (Author), Salvador Villalpando (Author), Rosario Rebollar (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To describe de prevalence of iron deficiency (ID) and anemia in a sample of Mexican elderly population from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (Ensanut) 2012. Materials and methods. 1 920 subjects ≥60 years of age were included. Hemoglobin, serum concentrations of ferritin and CRP w...