Anemia of chronic disease epidemiology and demographics
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Shyam Patel [2]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omer Kamal, M.D.[3]
Overview
Overview
Approximately 30-60% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis also have anemia. More than 30% of cancer patients have anemia. In elderly patients, about one third of the cases of anemia are ACD.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
- Approximately 30-60% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis also have anemia[1]
- More than 30% of cancer patients have anemia. Some estimates suggests that 63% of cancer patients have anemia[2].
- In elderly patients, about one third of the cases of anemia are ACD
- The incidence of anemia of chronic disease increases with age and affects 77% of people in whom an alternative etiology of anemia cannot be identified
References
References
- ↑ Weiss G, Schett G (April 2013). “Anaemia in inflammatory rheumatic diseases”. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 9 (4): 205–15. doi:10.1038/nrrheum.2012.183. PMID 23147894.
- ↑ Macciò A, Madeddu C, Gramignano G, Mulas C, Tanca L, Cherchi MC, Floris C, Omoto I, Barracca A, Ganz T (January 2015). “The role of inflammation, iron, and nutritional status in cancer-related anemia: results of a large, prospective, observational study”. Haematologica. 100 (1): 124–32. doi:10.3324/haematol.2014.112813. PMC 4281325. PMID 25239265.
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