CellWell record HH-102281
Prevalence of metabolic hyperferritinemia and association between ferritin and insulin resistance in persons with impaired glucose regulation in the HUNT2 population study
Kristoffer Sand; Robert Brudevold; Torstein Hole
2026
In plain language
In a Norwegian population study, about one in ten people with impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes had elevated ferritin, but a similar rate appeared in matched healthy controls, suggesting this hyperferritinemia is not driven by iron overload.
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