Publications by authors named "Iman A F Aboelsaad"
Article Synopsis
- Anemia is linked to higher all-cause mortality in older adults, with participants having anemia showing significantly increased risks for death due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory disease.
- Over a median follow-up of 7.5 years, 21% of participants were found to have anemia, leading to 1,147 deaths in total.
- However, low ferritin levels in non-anemic individuals didn't show a strong connection to mortality, except for cancer mortality in men with low inflammation.
Background: Whether iron deficiency contributes to incident heart failure (HF) and cardiac dysfunction has important implications given the prevalence of iron deficiency and the availability of several therapeutics for iron repletion.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the associations of plasma ferritin level with incident HF overall, HF phenotypes, and cardiac structure and function measures in older adults.
Methods: Participants in the ongoing, longitudinal ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study who were free of prevalent HF and anemia were studied.