Abstract

The level of serum ferritin of 226 selected subjects, aged 20 to 93, showed an age-related tendency to rise and in every age studied it was higher in males than in fernales. This finding is considered to be a consequence of the activation of the reticuloendothelial system and of the increase of iron storage with ageing.

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