Low Serum Iron Levels Formula to Evaluate Anemic Patients-Equation

The serum level of soluble transferrin receptor can help evaluate the anemic patient with low serum iron.

Laboratory tests	Iron deficiency anemia	Anemia of chronic disease	Mixed iron deficiency anemia and anemia of chronic disease
serum ferritin	low	normal to high	normal to high
total iron binding capacity (TIBC)	high	low	normal to high
soluble transferrin receptor	high	normal	high

Ferritin is a measure of total body iron stores but may be increased as an acute phase reactant.

Soluble transferrin receptor levels increase with reduction of body iron stores and decrease with excess iron.

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Use of Soluble Serum Transferrin Receptor to Evaluate an Anemic Patient with a Low Serum Iron Level