title: Distribution of iron status among urban Chinese women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the distribution of serum ferritin, serum soluble transferrin receptor and body iron among girls and women by age and anaemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum ferritin, serum soluble transferrin receptor and high sensitive C-reactive protein of 1625 and 1372 women in general and anaemic were measured in the National Health and Nutrition Survey commenced in 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distributions of serum ferritin, serum soluble transferrin receptor and body iron for 6-11-y, 12-17-y, 18-44-y, 45-59-y and >=60-y subgroups were significantly different. Both in population-representative women and those anaemic, the iron status of 18-44-y women was the lowest and that of 12-17-y girls the second lowest. The iron status of anaemic women was lower than that in representative women at ages 12-17 y, 18-44 y, 45-59 y and >=60 y.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Iron status in women of different ages and anaemic had different distributions, but consistently lower than that of population-representative women. The observed iron status of Chinese urban women supports program planning for iron nutrition promotion in women. Iron status information is also needed for men and to understand the pathogenesis which may be related to intake or loss.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Guansheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition MOH, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Email: jshuo@263.net.cn.
authors.forename: Junsheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005293:Ferritins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000097:blood; D014505:Urban Population; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D005293:Ferritins; D007501:Iron