Identification of iron deficiency risk by index soluble transferrin receptor-log ferritin in African descent men living at San Basilio de Palenque, Cartagena de Indias, DT and C., Bolivar, Colombia.
Worldwide, iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalence anemia, regardless of race, age, gender or geographical origin; alike there is insufficient the data and reports on the prevalence of subclinical iron states especially in the African descendant community national and internationally. The research aimed to characterize a healthy male population of African descendent aged between 16 and 30 years through the index (sTfR-Log FS) in 73 African descent men living in San Basilio de Palenque and Cartagena de Indias DT y C. Erythroid index were determined: hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (HCT), peripheral blood smear evaluation, the soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), serum ferritin (SF) and soluble transferrin receptor index - Logarithm of serum ferritin (sTfR-Log FS). Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software version 17.0.
Using the sTfR-Log FS, at San Basilio de Palenque, the hematologic finding by algorithm is most often associated with chronic disease along with iron deficiency (41.6%), followed by subclinical iron deficiency stage II (33.3%). In Cartagena, chronic iron deficiency (49%) was the most frequent found it, followed by subclinical iron deficiency stage II (20.41%). The two populations showed similar behavior in different hematologic variables, these results becoming pioneers for future research of the subclinical stages preceding iron deficiency in Colombia’s Afro-descendants.
