Milton Fabian Suarez-Ortegon

Sep 6, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Milton Fabian Suarez-Ortegon |Stela McLachlan |Jose Manuel Fernández-Real |James WIlson |James Wilson

1 INTRODUCTION Increased body iron stores, estimated by serum ferritin (SF) levels, are associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D),1, 2 although their relationship with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is unclear.3 Ferritin is an intracellular protein with a significant capacity to uptake and store iron ions, with each molecule capable of sequestering approximately 3000 iron atoms.