Letters
Iron deficiency is neglected in women's health
BMJ 2002; 325 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.325.7373.1176/a (Published 16 November 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;325:1176
- D Hugh Rushton, honorary senior lecturer (rushton@btinternet.com),
- Robin Dover, clinical research officer,
- Anthony W Sainsbury, senior veterinary officer,
- Michael J Norris, principal lecturer,
- Jeremy J H Gilkes, consultant dermatologist,
- Ian D Ramsay, consultant endocrinologist
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT
- Cancer Research UK, London WC2A 3PX
- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London NW1 4RY
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth
- Lister Hospital, London SW1W 8RH
EDITOR—The data by Waalen et al show that 38% of menstruating women living in San Diego are iron deficient using the accepted cut-off point of <20% for transferrin saturation as an indicator of deficiency. These data support our hypothesis that haematological distributions contain a large proportion of iron deficient women.1
By focusing on the mean haemoglobin distribution, Waalen et al lose sight of a fundamental part of our work: why should women have lower reference …
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