Diagnostic Significance of Serum Ferritin and Hepcidin as Complementary Biomarkers for Prostate Disease: A Prospective Case–Control Study in a Mission Hospital, Ghana
High levels of serum ferritin and hepcidin significantly correlated directly with increased serum total PSA levels and could play a valuable role to complement the noninvasive total PSA to improve diagnostic accuracy.
Authors
- Gabriel Abbam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0408-6126)
- Christopher Nkrumah
- Yussif Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0840-255X)
- Ejike Felix Chukwurah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5485-3453)
- Samira Daud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0133-1760)
- Bismark Nantomah
- Simon Bannison Bani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-6653)
- Charles A. Derigubah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-3530)
- Asad Sadick
- Maxwell A. Gyamfi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8403-9467)
- Charles Nkansah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6986-9976)
- Moses Banyeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-6077)
- Felix Osei‐Boakye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5126-7424)
- Samuel O. Yeboah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8070-7967)
- Samuel Kwasi Appiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1855-5840)
- B Boateng
- Hanan Alhassan
- Eric Antwi Osei Kwadwo
- Sibiri Ballu
- Gifty Yambor Yenpiini
- Ethel Akabawon Abagulum
Institutions
- Methodist University College Ghana (GH)
- Sunyani Technical University (GH)
- Bolgatanga Technical University
- University for Development Studies (GH)
- Ebonyi State University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Science Reports
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70642
- Primary Topic
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00