Body Iron Stores and Dietary Iron Intake in Relation to Diabetes in Adults in North China
Response to Luan et al.
- Zumin Shi, MD, PHD12 and
- Xiaoqun Pan, MD1
- 1Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China
- 2Research Center for Gender, Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- Address correspondence to Zumin Shi, MD, PhD, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 172 Jiangsu Rd., Nanjing 210009, P. R. China. E-mail: zumins{at}vip.sina.com
A study on the association between iron status and diabetes in adults in North China has recently been reported by Luan et al. (1). The results partly confirmed our previous finding from South China (2). In Luan et al.’s study, only heme iron was found to be associated with risk of diabetes. However, the intake of heme iron in their dataset is very low: mean intake ± SD in first quartile only 0.3 ± 0.3 mg/day. Thus, the reference group …
