Association / ferritin / lipids / C-reactive protein

And what exactly are we to make of this, how does it relate
to any body of theory, to what practical use is it, and
toward what goal can it be applied? Without this information
it is but another random abstract plucked from the web, one
among thousands of such.

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Subject: Re: Association / ferritin / lipids / C-reactive protein

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Mar 1;93(5):559-62.

Association of ferritin and lipids with C-reactive protein.

Mainous AG 3rd, Wells BJ, Everett CJ, Gill JM, King DE.

Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
[email hidden]

C-reactive protein (CRP) and lipids (e.g., low-density
lipoprotein [LDL]) are both markers of cardiovascular
disease risk, yet they are not highly correlated. Oxidative
stress of lipids induced by iron may play a role in vascular
inflammation, as indicated by CRP. The purpose of this study
was to examine, in a representative sample of United States
adults, the relation between ferritin, lipids, and CRP. We
analyzed data on adults (aged > or =25 years) in the
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, a
national public-use data set collected between 1988 and
1994. Ferritin, total cholesterol, LDL, high-density
lipoprotein, and ferritin-lipid combinations were analyzed
in relation to CRP in age-, gender-, and race-adjusted
models as well as models with other potential confounding
variables. In adjusted models, neither elevated ferritin
(odds ratio [OR] 1.11, 95% confidence interval [CI] .94 to
1.32) nor elevated LDL was significantly associated with
elevated CRP (OR 1.03, 95% CI 0.79 to 1.33). Patients with
elevated ferritin and elevated LDL were more likely to have
elevated CRP (OR 1.68; 95% CI 1.06 to 2.68). Patients with
elevated ferritin and low high-density lipoprotein were also
more likely to have elevated CRP (OR 1.71; 95% CI 1.28 to
2.27). These results suggest that both iron and lipids
induce inflammation. Future research needs to focus on
preventive medicine to decrease iron in patients with
elevated lipids.

PMID: 14996579 [PubMed - in process]

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In india iron stores are low, iron anemia is widespread,
because the majority diet is veggie alone. The exact
same region has the world's highest rate of diabetes,
heart disease, and other related diseases/disorders.
What does this tell us about the level of iron and this
very high rate?