title: Serum ferritin concentrations in male Malaysian blood donors.
abstract: Serum ferritin and haemoglobin estimates were carried out on 78 first time blood donors with a view to determining iron store status. Of these 30 were Malays, 20 were Chinese and 28 were Indians. The ferritin level in Malay donors ranged from 16-160 mg/ml (mean 83 +/- 49.4 mg/ml in chinese donors is ranged from 36-500 mg/ml (mean 242.8 +/- 132 mg/ml), and in the Indian donors it ranged from 5 - 270 mg/ml (mean 94.6 +/- 67.9 mg/ml). The haemoglobin concentration for the whole group was 14.9 +/- 1.49 g/dl. There was no correlation of haemoglobin concentration with serum ferritin levels.
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D005293:Ferritins