Since among females in the farm area of Northeast Japan, anemia is a common finding, 339 women aged 40 to 49 in a farm village in Miyagi Prefecture were examined for; blood specific gravity (SG), hemoglobin content (Hb), hematocrit value (Ht), serum iron concentration and serum protein compsition.
In 98 anemic subjects, having the lower level in one or more of the SG, the Hb and the Ht, the Hb showed a positive correlation with the serum albumin level and a negative correlation with the serum globulin level.
Furthermore, the serum iron concentration showed a positive correlation with SG, Hb, Ht and serum albumin (P<0.01), and a negative correlation with serum β-globulin (P<0.01).
These relationships were not found in women without anemia.
