Prevalence of Anaemia and Evaluation of Transferrin Receptor (sTfR) in the Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency in the Hospitalized Elderly Patients: Anaemia Clinical Studies in Chile

Table 2

Main demographic variables of hospitalized patients, elderly and those elderly with anaemia.

	Total patients admitted	Elderly patients	Elderly patients with anaemia
Number of cases	391	247	99
Mean Age (years)	62.5	73	73.2
Residence
Urban	280	180	65
Rural	95	60	27
Not available	16	7	6
Literacy
Yes	288	161	46
No	47	41	20
Not available	56	45	33
Gender(%)
Male	192	118	40
Female	199	129	59