Ferritin Cutoffs and Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in Primary Care
In this retrospective cohort study of primary care patients, ferritin cutoffs of 30 and 45 ng/mL were associated with a substantially higher incidence of iron deficiency compared with 15 ng/mL. These results provide a basis for health system-level evaluation and benchmarking of ferritin testing in high-resource settings and call for a harmonization of diagnostic criteria for iron deficiency in primary care.
Authors
- Jakob M. Burgstaller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-6997)
- Yael Rachamin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1484-6934)
- Levy Jäger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7749-6759)
- Oliver Senn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4422-7250)
- Stefan Markun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3317-0957)
- Thomas Johannes Rosemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306)
Institutions
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Stiftung Lindenhof Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.25692
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.27