Iron Metabolism, Hepcidin, and Mortality (the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health Study) [Hematology]

CONCLUSIONS:
In stable patients undergoing angiography, serum iron, transferrin saturation, sTfR, and ferritin had J-shaped associations and hemoglobin only a marginal association with cardiovascular and total mortality. Hepcidin was continuously and inversely related to mortality.

Source: Clinical Chemistry - June 27, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Grammer, T. B., Scharnagl, H., Dressel, A., Kleber, M. E., Silbernagel, G., Pilz, S., Tomaschitz, A., Koenig, W., Mueller-Myhsok, B., Marz, W., Strnad, P. Tags: Hematology Source Type: research