Everyday Health: Leland Metheny, associate professor at the School of Medicine, explained how there may be other reasons your ferritin test results may be abnormal. "Ferritin levels should be ...
Iron deficiency anemia was identified in an additional 3.3 million US adults when the ferritin threshold was liberalized from ≤ 15 ng/mL, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), to ≤ 45 ng ...
Ferritin is the parameter most often used in primary care to diagnose iron deficiency. The cutoff value of ferritin can affect the number of cases diagnosed, however. A study published in JAMA Network ...