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**5** 

**Variability of Biological Parameters in Blood** 

Aurelian Udristioiu¹, Manole Cojocaru², Alexandra Dana Maria Panait3,

Epidemiologic studies have suggested that anemia may be associated with poorer outcomes in a variety of disorders. The WHO criteria define anemia by hemoglobin (HGB)

Nonetheless, recent evidence indicates that even mild anemia is independently associated with increased risk of recurrent falls, poorer physical function, hospitalization, and

A number of studies have reported differential distributions of anemia by age and sex, but less attention has been devoted to disparities in anemia by race. According to NHANES III estimates, older non-Hispanic blacks were 3 times more likely to have anemia compared to

Similar disparities in anemia prevalence have been observed in other population-based studies of older blacks and whites [4, 5]. These observations have led some to consider race-

A recent study in Iceland defined mild anemia as a hemoglobin concentration between 10.0 and 11.9 g/dL in women and between 10.0 and 12.9 g/dL in men [7]. This cross sectional analysis provides evidence of anemia in 36.7% of hospitalized patients, and shows an

Future research on anemia in the elderly should focus on the age-related physiologic changes underlying this condition and whether anemia correction can reduce anemia-

Erythrocytes indices, derivatives from value of HGB and numbers of erythrocytes was used in correlation with serum iron to establish grades and types of anemia and was pathological results of these indices was noted as first signals of latent anemia in hematological diseases. Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) measures the mean or average size of individual red

blood cells. To obtain the MCV, the hematocrit is divided by the total RBC count.

concentration of < 130 g/L for adult men and<120 g/L for adult females. [1]

association among anemia, poor nutritional status, and inflammation [8].

**1. Introduction** 

mortality in older adults. [2, 3]

older non-Hispanic whites (27.8% vs 9.0%). [1]

associated risks, and improve quality of life [9, 10].

specific criteria for defining anemia. [6]

Radu Iliescu4, Victor Dumitrascu5 and Daliborca Cristina Vlad5

*2Titu Maiorescu University, Medicine Faculty, Physiology, Bucharest 3National Agency of Drugs, Department of Research, Bucharest 4Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, New York* 

**Samples Between Two Consecutive** 

*1Emergency County Hospital Targu Jiu, Clinical Laboratory* 

**Schedules of Hemodialysis** 

*5Hospital University of Timisoara* 

*1,2,3,5Romania* 

*4USA* 

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