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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Serum ferritin concentrations in Africans with low dietary iron
Annals of Hematology, Volume 88, No. 11, Year 2009
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In the setting of high dietary, several studies have provided evidence for a strong effect of both high dietary iron and an unidentified genetic locus on iron stores in Africans. To investigate whether these effects are discernible in the setting of low dietary iron, serum ferritin concentrations were measured in 194 Zimbabwean men >30 years of age and 299 postmenopausal women who consumed a non-iron-fortified diet and who did not drink iron-rich traditional beer or other alcoholic beverages. Comparisons were made with non-alcohol drinking African-Americans studied in the third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES III) who consume an iron-fortified diet. As stratified by age and sex, serum ferritin concentrations were significantly lower in the 493 Zimbabweans studied than in 1,380 comparable African-Americans (P < 0.0005). Nevertheless, nine Zimbabwean subjects (1.8% of all cases) had modestly elevated serum ferritin concentrations not associated with evidence of inflammation or hepatic dysfunction. These data suggest that mild serum ferritin concentration elevations may occur among Zimbabweans not exposed to high dietary iron and that iron fortification of the diet may have substantial effects on serum ferritin concentration. © Springer-Verlag 2009.
Authors & Co-Authors
Moyo, Victor M.
United States, Bridgewater
Ortho Biotech
Mvundura, Elisha
United States, Washington, D.c.
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Khumalo, Hlosukwazi
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Gangaidzo, Innocent Tichaona
Zimbabwe, Harare
Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine
Saungweme, Thokozile
Zimbabwe, Harare
Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine
Nouraie, Mehdi
Zimbabwe, Harare
Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine
Rouault, Tracey Ann
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Nichd
Gomo, Zvenyika Alfred R.
Zimbabwe, Harare
Godfrey Huggins School of Medicine
Gordeuk, Victor R.
United States, Washington, D.c.
The Center for Sickle Cell Disease
Statistics
Citations: 9
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00277-009-0718-6
ISSN:
09395555
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Male
Female