Serum ferritin and ageing.
The level of serum ferritin of 226 selected subjects, aged 20 to 93, showed an age-related tendency to rise and in every age studied it was higher in males than in females. This finding is considered to be a consequence of the activation of the reticuloendothelial system and of the increase of iron storage with ageing.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000378:metabolism
D005293:Ferritins