%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of Pubertal Status and Inflammation on the Use of Ferritin to
Define Iron Deficiency in Children With Overweight or Obesity
%A Elizabeth Alonso
%A Ezequiel S Lozano Chiappe
%A Florencia Ferraro
%A Ines Land¨®
%A Jorgelina Fern¨¢ndez
%A Laura Kabakian
%A Lucrecia Brovarone
%A Maria Luz Muzzio
%A Maria Pia Santucci
%A Soledad Peredo
%A Tom¨¢s Mero£¿o
%J Archive of "Nutrition and Metabolic Insights".
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1178638819839064
%X A worldwide increase in childhood overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) has been reported. OB is an inflammatory state which affects iron metabolism and the sensibility of the tests to detect iron deficiency (ID). Our aim was to evaluate the adequacy of current ferritin cut-offs to define ID in children with OW/OB
%K iron deficiency
%K ferritin
%K obesity
%K children
%K pediatrics
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452423/