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Blood test

Male: 12-300 ng/ml

Female: 12-150 ng/ml

Note: ng/ml = nanograms per milliliter

The lower the ferritin level, even within the "normal" range, the more likely a patient is iron deficient.

Higher-than-normal levels may indicate:

Note: Any inflammatory disorder can raise the ferritin level.

• Alcoholic liver disease
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemolytic anemia
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Megaloblastic anemia

• Chronic gastrointestinal bleeding
• Heavy menstrual bleeding
• Iron deficiency anemia

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

• Anemia of chronic disease

Review Date: 02/01/2005
Reviewed By: Rita Nanda, M.D., Department of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.