PMID- 2789202
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19891025
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0300-9831 (Print)
IS  - 0300-9831 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 2
DP  - 1989
TI  - Anemia and iron status in the free-living and institutionalized elderly in 
      Kentucky.
PG  - 207-13
AB  - A study of the iron status and anemia in 101 elderly persons, age 60 to 95, 
      included 50 free-living and 51 institutionalized subjects. Daily iron intakes and 
      biochemical parameters including hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular 
      hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), plasma iron levels and total iron binding 
      capacity (TIBC) were determined. In the free-living group, only 4% male and 8% 
      female subjects had iron-deficiency anemia. Whereas about 40% of the 
      institutionalized group had iron deficiency anemia with low hemoglobin, 
      hematocrit, MCHC, plasma iron levels, and elevated TIBC. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, 
      MCHC and plasma iron levels were significantly higher, and TIBC was significantly 
      lower in the free-living group than the institutionalized group. The lack of 
      correlation between dietary iron intakes and plasma iron levels suggest that iron 
      deficiency anemia in these elderly subjects was not due to lack of iron intakes. 
      The possible causes might be medications and diseases in these elderly subjects.
FAU - Chen, L H
AU  - Chen LH
AD  - Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Kentucky.
FAU - Cook-Newell, M E
AU  - Cook-Newell ME
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Vitam Nutr Res
JT  - International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale 
      Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de 
      vitaminologie et de nutrition
JID - 1273304
RN  - 0 (Hemoglobins)
RN  - E1UOL152H7 (Iron)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Anemia, Hypochromic/*epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Hematocrit
MH  - Hemoglobins/analysis
MH  - *Homes for the Aged
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iron/*blood
MH  - Kentucky
MH  - Male
MH  - *Nutritional Status
EDAT- 1989/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1989/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1989/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1989/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1989/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1989/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1989;59(2):207-13.