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Iron Status, Inflammation And Anemia In Bangladeshi Women Exposed To Arsenic, Joycelyn M. Faraj
Iron Status, Inflammation And Anemia In Bangladeshi Women Exposed To Arsenic, Joycelyn M. Faraj
Joycelyn M Faraj
Iron depletion (ID) is the most common nutrient deficiency worldwide and is the leading cause of anemia. Chronic arsenic (As) exposure is a major public health problem in Bangladesh and triggers inflammatory responses that render iron status assessment challenging. We assessed the prevalence of ID and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in 147 arsenic-exposed Bangladeshi women (75 skin lesion cases; 72 controls), ages 18-33 years, who were part of a skin lesion study. Hemoglobin (Hb) was measured in whole blood; ferritin and hs-c-reactive protein (CRP) were measured in serum. The prevalence of anemia (Hb<120g/L) was 18%. Although the prevalence of …