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Factors associated with hypochromia and microcytosis among high school students in the southeastern United States. 1994

A D Adekile, and T Z Yüregir, and E L Walker, and L H Gu, and E Baysal, and T H Huisman
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100.

We studied hematologic findings in 617 apparently healthy Georgia elementary, middle, and high school students, aged 10 to 19 years, and examined the influence of several parameters (race, sex, iron status, and genetic hemoglobin [Hb] abnormalities) on hypochromia and microcytosis, with or without anemia. Fourteen students (2%) (6 male, 8 female; 4 white, 10 black) were found to be anemic (Hb < 11.8 g/dL in boys or < 11.3 g/dL in girls). Hypochromia (mean corpuscular Hb < 25 pg) with or without microcytosis (mean corpuscular volume < 78 fL) was found in 26 students (4%). Iron deficiency was the main associated factor in white students, but in blacks genetic Hb abnormalities, especially alpha-thalassemia trait, were other predisposing factors. The overall prevalence of iron deficiency (serum ferritin < or = 12 ng/mL) was 32.4% in the entire sample population, 30.5%, among blacks, and 33.2% among whites.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D004909 Erythrocyte Indices ERYTHROCYTE size and HEMOGLOBIN content or concentration, usually derived from ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; BLOOD hemoglobin concentration; and HEMATOCRIT. The indices include the mean corpuscular volume (MCV), the mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), and the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). Erythrocyte Hemoglobin, Mean Cell,Erythrocyte Size Determination,Erythrocyte Volume, Mean Cell,Hemoglobin, Erythrocyte, Mean Cell,Mean Corpuscular Volume,Red Cell Indices,Erythrocyte Diameter,Erythrocyte Index,Erythrocyte Indexes,Erythrocyte Thickness,Mean Cell Hemoglobin Concentration,Mean Cell Volume,Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin,Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobulin Concentration,Red Cell Distribution Width,Red Cell Index,Red Cell Indexes,Cell Volumes, Mean,Corpuscular Volumes, Mean,Determination, Erythrocyte Size,Determinations, Erythrocyte Size,Diameter, Erythrocyte,Diameters, Erythrocyte,Erythrocyte Diameters,Erythrocyte Size Determinations,Hemoglobin, Mean Corpuscular,Hemoglobins, Mean Corpuscular,Index, Erythrocyte,Index, Red Cell,Indexes, Erythrocyte,Indexes, Red Cell,Indices, Erythrocyte,Indices, Red Cell,Mean Cell Volumes,Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobins,Mean Corpuscular Volumes,Size Determination, Erythrocyte,Size Determinations, Erythrocyte,Thickness, Erythrocyte,Volume, Mean Cell,Volume, Mean Corpuscular,Volumes, Mean Cell,Volumes, Mean Corpuscular
D004913 Erythrocytes, Abnormal Oxygen-carrying RED BLOOD CELLS in mammalian blood that are abnormal in structure or function. Abnormal Erythrocytes,Abnormal Erythrocyte,Erythrocyte, Abnormal
D005260 Female Females
D005293 Ferritins Iron-containing proteins that are widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Their major function is to store IRON in a nontoxic bioavailable form. Each ferritin molecule consists of ferric iron in a hollow protein shell (APOFERRITINS) made of 24 subunits of various sequences depending on the species and tissue types. Basic Isoferritin,Ferritin,Isoferritin,Isoferritin, Basic
D005845 Georgia A state located in the southeastern United States, The capital is Atlanta.
D006454 Hemoglobins The oxygen-carrying proteins of ERYTHROCYTES. They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. The number of globin subunits in the hemoglobin quaternary structure differs between species. Structures range from monomeric to a variety of multimeric arrangements. Eryhem,Ferrous Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin,Hemoglobin, Ferrous
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000090463 Iron Deficiencies Deficient amounts of iron in the body as a result of blood loss, diets deficient in iron, or an iron uptake or storage disorder. Hypoferritinemia,Iron Deficiency,Latent Iron Deficiency,Sideropenia,Deficiencies, Iron,Deficiencies, Latent Iron,Deficiency, Iron,Deficiency, Latent Iron,Hypoferritinemias,Iron Deficiencies, Latent,Iron Deficiency, Latent,Latent Iron Deficiencies,Sideropenias

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