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The suggestion that a poor iron status may be protective against coronary heart disease (CHD) was put forward indirectly by Stokes (1962), who proposed that the lower rates of CHD in women could be partly attributed to their lower haematocrit levels. Subsequent studies confirmed that both the risk and size of cardiac and cerebral infarctions were inversely related to haematocrit and haemoglobin levels (Kannel et al., 1972; Elwood et al., 1974; Bottiger and Carlson, 1980; Harrison et al., 1981; Cullen et al., 1981). These authors, however, ascribed these changes in cardiovascular risks to blood viscosity.
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The British Nutrition Foundation. (1995). Iron and Coronary Heart Disease. In: Iron. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0585-9_12
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