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Risk Factors
Although nutritional iron-deficiency anemia has declined in industrialized nations, it affects an estimated 2 billion people worldwide. Even in the U.S., iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency. It is highly associated with poverty. People in lower socioeconomic groups have double the risk of those who are middle or upper class.
Among Americans with iron deficiency anemia, young children have the highest risk followed by premenopausal women. Adolescent and adult m...
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