Pica for Uncooked Basmati Rice in Two Women with Iron Deficiency and a Review of Ryzophagia

Table 1

Laboratory results in two women at diagnosis of iron deficiency¹.

Analyte	Patient 1	Patient 2
Hb, g/dL	8.2	9.5
RBC × 10^6/µL	4.44	3.83
MCV, fL	61.0	79.8
RDW, %	18.1	15.0
WBC × 10^3/µL	5.1	6.6
Platelets × 10^3/µL	239	324
Serum iron, µg/dL	25	2
TS, %	5	5
Serum ferritin, µg/L	8	5

Iron deficiency was defined as both TS <10% and SF <20 µg/L [6]. Hb: hemoglobin; RBC: red blood cells; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; RDW: red blood cell distribution width; WBC: white blood cells; TS: transferrin saturation.