Symptoms of Non-anaemic Mild Iron Deficiency
Prevalence of self-reported symptoms in 11,561
white female US college entrants Hb
>
12.0 g/dl
•
All Hb
>
12.0g/dl
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•
Iron Deficient
616
serum ferritin <21ug/l
•
Not iron deficient
10,945
•
•
Analysis by Chi squared:
Fatigue
p= 0.0026
Irritability
p= 0.003
Headache
p= 0.0004
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BMJ on line 28/6/2003
Waalen J, Felitti V and Beutler E