Open AccessTotal Mortality by Transferrin Saturation Levels: Two General Population Studies and a Metaanalysis
Author(s) -
Christina Ellervik,
Anne TybjærgHansen,
Børge G. Nordestgaard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2010.156802
Subject(s) - hazard ratio , medicine , population , transferrin saturation , confidence interval , demography , anemia , iron deficiency , environmental health , sociology
There is evidence for increased mortality in patients with clinically overt hereditary hemochromatosis. Whether increased transferrin saturation (TS), as a proxy for iron overload is associated with increased mortality in the general population is largely unknown.
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