Open AccessIron Status Is Associated with Performance on Executive Functioning Tasks in Nonanemic Young Women
Author(s) -
Samuel Scott,
Laura E. MurrayKolb
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.115.223586
Subject(s) - transferrin saturation , iron status , iron deficiency , ferritin , medicine , anemia , soluble transferrin receptor , transferrin , transferrin receptor , working memory , cognition , physiology , psychiatry
Iron deficiency (ID) is prevalent, particularly among women of reproductive age (WRA). How mild ID without anemia relates to cognition is poorly understood. Executive functioning (EF) has emerged as potentially being affected by mild ID in WRA.
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