| Literature DB >> 28431746 |
Kawsari Abdullah1, Catherine S Birken2, Jonathon L Maguire3, Darcy Fehlings4, Anthony J Hanley5, Kevin E Thorpe6, Patricia C Parkin7.
Abstract
An ongoing challenge has been determining clinically relevant serum ferritin cut-offs in the diagnosis of iron deficiency in children aged 1-3 years. We identified 2 potential clinically relevant serum ferritin cut-off values through their association with clinically important cut-off of hemoglobin as the indicator of anemia.Entities:
Keywords: clinically relevant cut-off values; hemoglobin; iron deficiency; preschool children; restricted cubic spline regression; serum ferritin
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28431746 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.03.028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406