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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Anemia in the MASHAD Cohort Study.

Maryam TayefiMahmoud EbrahimiSara Saffar SoflaeiSania SaljoughianNajmeh JaberiMajid Khadem RezaiyanFarzad RahmaniMohsen MoohebatiHabibollah EsmailySeyed Mohammad Reza ParizadehAli Reza Heidari-BakavoliMohammad SafarianMohsen NematyMahmoud Reza AzarpazhoohGordon A FernsMajid Ghayour Mobarhan
Published in: Archives of Iranian medicine (2023)
The studied population had a lower prevalence of anemia compared to the previous WHO report for Iranians. Iron deficiency is recognized as the most important cause of anemia in Iran; however, further investigations will be need to confirm this pattern. We demonstrated that anemia is adversely associated with MetS and DM.
Keyphrases
  • iron deficiency
  • chronic kidney disease
  • type diabetes
  • skeletal muscle
  • insulin resistance
  • adipose tissue
  • glycemic control