Statistical haemoglobin thresholds to define anaemia across the lifecycle

Authors :: Braat, Sabine
Fielding, Katherine
Han, Jiru
Jackson, Victoria E.
Zaloumis, Sophie
Xu, Jessica Xu Hui
Moir-Meyer, Gemma
Blaauwendraad, Sophia M.
Jaddoe, Vincent W.V.
Gaillard, Romy
Parkin, Patricia C.
Borkhoff, Cornelia M.
Keown-Stoneman, Charles D.G.
Birken, Catherine S.
Maguire, Jonathon L.
Bahlo, Melanie
Davidson, Eliza
Pasricha, Sant-Rayn
Source :: medRxiv
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2023.
Abstract: Detection of anaemia is critical for clinical medicine and public health. Current WHO values that define anaemia are statistical thresholds (5 (th) centile) set over 50 years ago, and are presently

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