Serum ferritin in the evaluation of iron status in young healthy women.
The iron stores of 17 healthy young women were evaluated by a serum ferritin assay and by bone marrow iron determinations. Iron stores were absent or scanty in about 70% of subjects. A high degree of correlation was demonstrated between serum ferritin concentration and bone marrow iron stores. The mean serum ferritin level in women with absent iron stores was 26 microgram/l, compared with 114 microgram/l in women with sufficient bone marrow iron stores. Repeated measurements of serum ferritin, iron, transferrin and blood hemoglobin during the menstrual cycle revealed no significant changes in these parameters.
D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods
D006454:Hemoglobins; D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron