CONTEXT It has been suggested that elevated serum ferritin is associated with several metabolic disorders. However, there is no reported study assessing any association between serum ferritin and sarcopenia despite the close relationship between sarcopenia and metabolic disorders. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether serum ferritin was associated with sarcopenia in older Koreans. DESIGN AND SE...

objective: some data are available on the association between components of the insulin resistance syndrome and serum ferritin. insulin resistance is observed in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) we hypothesize that body iron stores might be increased in these women. materials and methods: two hundred and six people (103 pcos patients and 103 healthy women who were matched for age)...

BACKGROUND Increased serum ferritin and decreased vitamin D levels associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, their association with the severity of NAFLD has not been fully evaluated. The aim of this study was to compare the association of serum ferritin and 25(OH)D₃ levels with the severity of ultrasonographically detected NAFLD (US-NAFLD) and hepatic steatosis defined...

Several recent studies concluded that, serum ferritin was found to be high in uncontrolled type 2 diabetic patients. There is paucity of information regarding association of serum ferritin levels with glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients in India. This study was undertaken to identify the serum ferritin levels in poorly controlled type 2 diabetic patients and in well controlled type 2 d...

background: thalassemia/haemoglobinopathy is a hereditary disease with increased erythropoiesis and expansion of the bone marrow cavity. consequently, there is a reduction in trabecular bone tissue resulting in osteopenia/osteoporosis. the present study was performed to determine bone mineral density (bmd) in children and adolescents with major thalassemia and its correlation with serum ferriti...

OBJECTIVES To describe the concentrations of serum ferritin among Australian adults by age and sex. Further, the relationships of various social, lifestyle and health factors with serum ferritin concentrations were explored. DESIGN A total of 1634 adults aged<or=25 years from six randomly selected urban centres in Queensland, Australia participated in the study that was conducted between Octo...

PURPOSE To compare the serum ferritin concentrations of normal pregnant women with those having gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and to determine the possible role of ferritin in predicting pregnancy outcome and early development of postpartum glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus. METHOD This case-control study consisted of 128 pregnant women (64 women with GDM and 64 age-matched heal...

We describe a solid-phase enzyme immunoassay for ferritin in human serum, with use of a horseradish peroxidase-labeled antibody and a highly sensitive chromogen, 2,2'-azino-di(3-ethyl-benzthiazoline-6-sulfonate). The assay requires only 10 microL of serum per assay, relatively less time and labor than other assys for ferritin, and as little as 10 pg of ferritin can be measured. We believe this ...

BACKGROUND Studies conducted have yielded contradicting results on the role of ferritin as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The relation of ferritin status to risk of AMI in Indian men, along with other established major risk factors like serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol and triglycerides has not been documented previously. The hypo...

F erritin is a protein whose principal role within cells is the storage of iron in a nontoxic, but bioavailable, form. The assembled ferritin molecule, often referred to as a nanocage, can store up to 4,500 atoms of iron (for review see ref. 1). In contrast to cytosolic ferritin, serum ferritin is relatively iron-poor and may contain only a few atoms of iron. Ferritin does not have an obvious l...