Laboratory Studies in Various Anemias

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Table 20-3

Laboratory Studies in Various Anemias^a

Type of Anemia	Serum Iron	Serum Ferritin	Total Iron Binding Capacity
Iron deficiency anemia	↓	↓	↑
Anemia of chronic disease	↓	↑	↓
Sideroblastic anemia	↑	↑	↓
Thalassemia	↔	↔	↓

Abbreviations: ↓, decreased; ↑, increased; ↔, unchanged.

^aAdapted with permission from American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Practice Bulletins—Obstetrics. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 95: anemia in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol. 2008;112(1):201-207. (Reaffirmed 2017). Copyright © 2008 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.