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. 2010 Dec 28;8(1):30–38. doi: 10.7150/ijms.8.30

Table 7.

Pathological conditions of the GI tract associated with iron deficiency (Clinically meaningful lesions)

Patients number
Celiac disease (villous atrophy) 3
Erosive gastritis 1
Peptic ulcer 3
IID*/chronic colitis 4
Diverticulitis 3
Gastric cancer 1
Colon cancer 1
Familial polyposis 1
Helicobacter pylori gastritis 18

*Inflammatory intestinal disease (Not: Hemorrhoid did not considerate due to coincidentally lesions.