title: Association between serum Fe levels and obesity: a meta-analysis.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to clarify the association between serum Fe levels and Obesity using a meta-analysis approach. We searched eligible papers on the relevance published between 2006 and 2014 from the PubMed and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure. Review Manage software was used to collect and analysis the date cited in the papers.6 eligible articles with 934 subjects from 40 case-control studies were identified. Overall,polled analysis indicated that subjects with obesity had lower Fe levels than healthy controls [standardized mean difference (SMD) = -0.738,95%confidence interval (CI) = (-1.228,-0.247)]. Thus, dietary supplement of Fe is recommended to prevent obesity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233030.. 1983helianping@163.com.
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of clinic medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002.. 1983helianping@163.com.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of medical imaging and laboratory, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002.. 1983helianping@163.com.
authors.forename: Mi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of nephropathy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui 233004.. 1983helianping@163.com.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: School of Stomatology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241001 China.. 1983helianping@163.com.
authors.forename: Liuxia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D007501:Iron