Be careful, iron deficiency will hurt your "heart" in addition to anemia

When it comes to iron deficiency, many people think of anemia.

Iron is important for the human body

Iron is an essential and important trace mineral element for the human body

About two-thirds of the iron in the human body is stored in the hemoglobin of red blood cells

There are many patients with iron-deficiency anemia in China.

Preventing iron deficiency reduces middle-aged coronary heart disease risk

Recent studies have found that iron deficiency exists in most middle-aged people, and iron deficiency is associated with a significantly increased risk of coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality

A study published by scholars from the Heart and Vascular Center of the University of Hamburg in Germany pointed out that most middle-aged people are iron deficient, and by preventing iron deficiency, about 10% of new coronary heart disease cases in the middle-aged population can be reduced in the next ten years

The study looked at more than 12,000 people in the general population with no prior history of coronary heart disease or stroke, with an average age of 59 years, who were divided into two categories according to their iron deficiency: absolute iron deficiency, which refers to a decrease in the body's iron stores; functional iron deficiency , which refers to a decrease in the body's storage of iron or a decrease in the level of iron that the body can recycle

Analysis after a median follow-up of 13.

Blindly large amounts of iron supplementation beware of side effects

Of course, the above findings still need to be verified by large-scale studies

First of all, iron deficiency often occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, pregnant and lactating women, and infants and young children.

　　Second, dietary iron supplementation is important

　　Text/Liu Jian (Peking University People's Hospital)

Editor: Meng Tingwei