PEDIATRICS Vol. 67 No. 4 April 1981, pp. 580
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Garn, S. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Garn, S. M.

Lower Hematocrit Levels in Blacks Are Not Due to Diet or Socioeconomic Factors

Stanley M. Garn PhD1

1 Center for Human Growth and Development The University of Michigan 1111 E Catherine Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Having been involved in the question of black-white differences in hemoglobins and hematocrits from the very start (appropriately published in the Journal of the National Medical Association, Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, American Journal ofClinical Nutrition, etc),1,2 I am intrigued with the statement of Dutton reprinted in the July issue ofPediatrics (66:A62, 1980) suggesting that all of the difference is socioeconomic and dietary in nature.

From the start of our studies we considered this possibility only to reject it first for the State of Michigan, then for the ten states (and New York City) involved in the Ten State Nutrition Survey, and finally in many other data bases including the NCPP (National Collaborative Perinatal Project) of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 BloodHome page
E. Beutler and C. West
Hematologic differences between African-Americans and whites: the roles of iron deficiency and {alpha}-thalassemia on hemoglobin levels and mean corpuscular volume
Blood, July 15, 2005; 106(2): 740 - 745.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]