Associations between iron status and insulin resistance in Chinese children and adolescents: findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey.

CONCLUSIONS: Serum transferrin and sTfR were statistically significantly associated with glucose parameters, which may suggest that transferrin and sTfR levels should be taken into consideration when studying IR in both boys and girls. PMID: 31826380 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31826380?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition - December 12, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Wei J, Luo X, Zhou S, He X, Zheng J, Sun X, Cui W Tags: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Source Type: research