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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 118, No. 4: 550-561
Copyright © 1983 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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IRON-BINDING PROTEINS, HEPATITIS B VIRUS, AND MORTALITY IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

RICHARD G. STEVENS1,, SOLO KUVIBIDILA1, MARCIA KAPPS2, JONATHAN FRIEDLAENDER2 and BARUCH S. BLUMBERG1

1Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burhoime Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111.
2Department of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Reprint requests to R. G. Stevens.

Stevens, R. G. (Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA 19111), S. Kuvlbldila, M. Kapps, J. Friediaender, and B. S. Blumberg. Iron-binding proteins, hepatitis B virus, and mortality in the Solomon Islands. Am J Epidemiol1983; 118: 550–61.

The hypothesis that serum levels of ferrltin and transferrin are associated with subsequent mortality was tested in a population of Solomon Islanders who had been followed over an 8–12-year period beginning in 1966. A case-control analysis of 105 matched pairs showed that 1966–1970 levels of ferrltin were higher and levels of transferrin were lower in Solomon islanders who had died by 1978 than in matched controls who were alive in 1978. These findings support the hypothesis and, in addition, are consistent with the view that increased iron stores are associated with increased mortality. Among females, the association of ferritin with mortality was more pronounced in chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus than in noncarriers.

ferritin; hepatitis B;; iron; mortality; transferrin


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