Iron deficiency is neglected in women's health

Mean values mask anomalies in distribution and are inappropriate to evaluate the issues we have raised. Since women menstruate, men would be expected to have higher mean haemoglobin concentrations because they can attain higher upper limits, so the 10g/l difference found by Waalen et al was not unex...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 2002-11, Vol.325 (7373), p.1176-1177
Hauptverfasser:	Rushton, D Hugh, Dover, Robin, Sainsbury, Anthony W, Norris, Michael J, Gilkes, Jeremy J H, Ramsay, Ian D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Female Ferritins Ferritins - blood Hemoglobin Humans Hypotheses Iron - deficiency Letters Men Mens health Menstruation - physiology Reference Values Transferrins Women's Health Womens health Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:	Mean values mask anomalies in distribution and are inappropriate to evaluate the issues we have raised. Since women menstruate, men would be expected to have higher mean haemoglobin concentrations because they can attain higher upper limits, so the 10g/l difference found by Waalen et al was not unexpected.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1176/a