Technical articles about iron excess
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Association of age, sex, and race with body iron stores in adults: Analysis of NHANES III data.
This paper shows patterns of increase in iron levels that are different for males, females and African-Americans.
The Iron (Fe) and Atherosclerosis Study (FeAST): A Pilot Study of Reduction of Body Iron Stores in Atherosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease.
The methods for safely reducing excess iron in a major randomized clinical trial are described; the results of this trial are summarized in Section 4 below.
Atherosclerosis: a manifestation of chronic iron toxicity?
This paper summarizes information on the relationship between iron excess and atherosclerosis (vascular disease).
Implementation of an iron reduction protocol in patients with peripheral vascular disease: VA Cooperative Study #410: The Iron and Atherosclerosis Study.
This paper describes the methods used to conduct the clinical trial that is summarized in section 4 below.
The following three studies were written by the team of investigators analyzing the Framingham follow-up data and explain how dietary iron excess causes high levels of iron in an aging population.
- Dietary determinants of iron stores in a free-living elderly population: The Framingham Heart Study
- Iron status of the free-living, elderly Framingham Heart Study cohort: an iron-replete population with a high prevalence of elevated iron stores
- Dietary factors associated with the risk of high iron stores in the elderly Framingham Heart Study cohort
