Association between faecal occult bleeding and medicines prescribed for chronic disease: a data linkage study.
Gillian LibbyKaren N BarnettCallum G FraserRobert James Campbell SteelePublished in: Journal of clinical pathology (2020)
The results of this study confer further substantial weight to the concept that detectable f-Hb is associated with a range of common chronic conditions that have a systemic inflammatory component; we speculate that f-Hb might have potential in identifying individuals who are high risk of developing chronic conditions or are at an early stage of disease.