Research Article

Alopecia and Iron Deficiency: An Interventional Pilot Study in Primary Care to Improve the Request of Ferritin

Table 2

Number of ferritin added through intervention, median value of ferritin added, and percentage of ferritin <30 ng/mL.

WomenMenP value

Ferritin added through intervention N; (%) of patients in the prospective study86; 10.2%37; 19.4%
Ferritin ng/mL (median; IQR)50; 101167; 142
Ferritin <30 ng/mL (N; (%))24; 27.9%0; 0%<0.001