Iron deficiency and gastrointestinal malignancy: a population-based cohort study

GN Ioannou, DC Rockey, CL Bryson… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We investigated whether iron deficiency, with or without anemia, is associated
with an increased likelihood of gastrointestinal malignancy. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:
Data were obtained from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and
Epidemiologic Followup Study, a nationally representative, prospective cohort study that
measured hemoglobin levels and iron saturation and recorded follow-up diagnoses. We
included persons 25 to 74 years of age with no previous gastrointestinal malignancy …