Open AccessAssociation between serum ferritin and measures of inflammation, nutrition and iron in haemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Kamyar KalantarZadeh,
Richard Rodríguez,
M. H. Humphreys
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfg493
Subject(s) - medicine , ferritin , iron status , hemodialysis , inflammation , serum ferritin , dialysis , malnutrition , gastroenterology , iron deficiency , serum iron , iron levels , anemia , immunology
Serum ferritin is a frequently used marker of iron status in dialysis patients. Iron administration is to be withheld for ferritin values >800 ng/ml according to K/DOQI guidelines. We hypothesized that such non-iron-related factors as elements of the malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome (MICS) may increase serum ferritin concentration independently of iron status.
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