Table 1.

Age-group comparison of iron status.

Age		n	Normal Ferritin Levels	Prelalent	Latent	Anemia
up to 14	male	33	27 (81.8%)	4 (12.1%)	2 (6.1%)	0
	female	37	28 (75.7%)	3 (8.1%)	5 (13.5%)	1 (2.7%)
14–18	male	198	169 (85.4%)	14 (7.1%)	14 (7.1%)	1 (0.5%)
	female	159	97 (61.0%)	30 (18.9%)	31 (19.5%)	1 (0.6%)
over 18	male	108	106 (98.1%)	0	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)
	female	94	61 (64.9%)	18 (19.1%)	11 (11.7%)	4 (4.3%)
overall	male	339	302 (89.1%)	18 (5.3%)	17 (5.0%)	2 (0.6%)
	female	290	186 (64.1%)	51 (17.6%)	47 (16.2%)	6 (2.1%)