A Survey of Iron Status of Shirazian Blood Donors Using Ferritin in 2005

[摘要] Introduction: Iron deficiency anemia is an important limiting factor for the number of donations in regular donors. Limited data is available on the iron status in Iranian donors. This study was conduced to evaluate the prevalence of iron deficiency and its related factors in blood donors at Shiraz blood transfusion centre in 2005. Methods: This descriptive study was done on all blood donors who donated their blood at Shiraz BTO in 2005. We selected 200 first time blood donors (100 female & 100 male), 200 blood donors who had history of one blood donation every year for at least 3 years and 200 blood donors who had history of 3 to 4 times blood donation per year. Then we filled out a questionnaire and measured Hb, ferretin, MCV and MCHC.Results: The results showed that reduction in iron stores was directly related to the number of donations. (P

[学科分类] 药学、药理学、毒理学（综合）

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