title: Hemoglobin criteria with respect to obesity.
abstract: To determine whether Hb criteria should be adjusted for obesity, the ranges and medians of Hb concentrations for 354 obese and 1894 nonobese, white children, aged 6 to 14 yr from HANES I were compared. Although median Hb concentrations average 0.125 g/dl higher in obese individuals with or without exclusion of iron-deficient individuals this slight difference is not significant (t tests p less than 0.1). It is suggested that while age, sex, altitude, and potentially, race are valid considerations when screening for anemia, a further adjustment for obesity appears unwarranted and would complicate efforts in optimizing screening for anemia.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000747:Anemia, Hypochromic / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values