Functional iron deficiency an ‘important risk factor’ for CVD

During a median follow-up of 13.3 years, 18.2% of the patients died. Of those patients, 4.7% died from a cardiovascular problem while 8.5% were diagnosed with incident CHD. Incident stroke was seen in 6.3% of patients, according to the authors. Also, FID was linked to 5.4% of all deaths, meaning 5.4% of those deaths “would presumably not have…

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