Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020

Angela C Weyand; Alexander Chaitoff; Gary L Freed; Michelle Sholzberg; Sung Won Choi; Patrick T McGann

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.8020

Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020

JAMA. 2023 Jun 27;329(24):2191-2193. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.8020.

Authors

Angela C Weyand¹, Alexander Chaitoff², Gary L Freed³, Michelle Sholzberg⁴, Sung Won Choi¹, Patrick T McGann⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
² Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Department of Medicine, St Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study examines prevalence of iron deficiency among females aged 12 to 21 years to inform future screening strategies for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency* / epidemiology
Child
Female
Ferritins
Hemoglobins / analysis
Humans
Iron Deficiencies* / epidemiology
Prevalence
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult

Substances

Ferritins
Hemoglobins