A correlation study between serum ferritin and anemia in chronic disease patients

Abstract

     Anemia derived from red cell lysis was a common complication mostly occurring in patients with chronic disease patients admitted in the hospital. It might lead to iron releasing into blood circulation and could reflect on serum ferritin. In this study, we evaluated the correlation between serum ferritin and anemia in 311 patients of Police General Hospital, including 109 anemic kidney patients and 144 anemic patients of general medical section compared to 27 non-anemic kidney patients and 31 non-anemic patients of general medical section, respectively. The correlation coefficient (r) between serum ferritin and hemoglobin in anemic kidney patients was 0.253 (p=0.008) and 0.249 (p=0.003) in anemic patients of general medical section. There was no association between serum ferritin and hemoglobin in both of non-anemic chronic disease patients (p>0.01). It was concluded that there was the reverse correlation between serum ferritin and hemoglobin in chronic disease patients.