Elwood P C, Hughes J, Abernethy M, Davies R, Gough R, Johnson A P, Dubourg A Y
Bull World Health Organ. 1976;54(1):87-95.
Haematological surveys of adult population samples were conducted simultaneously in 12 countries, all but one of which are in Europe. Haematological estimations on samples from nine of the countries were made in one central laboratory. Differences between countries in the mean levels of haemoglobin (and haematocrit and red cell count) were found to be relatively small, and the prevalence of levels below the arbitrary WHO levels for anaemia were, on the whole, low. In males, the evidence suggests a fall in haemoglobin level throughout adult life, which increases slightly in advanced age. In females, there is no evidence of any important relationship between age and haemoglobin level.
12个国家同时对成年人群样本进行了血液学调查,其中除一个国家外,其他所有国家均在欧洲。九个国家样本的血液学检测在一个中央实验室进行。发现各国血红蛋白(以及血细胞比容和红细胞计数)平均水平的差异相对较小,总体而言,低于世界卫生组织贫血任意水平的患病率较低。在男性中,有证据表明成年期血红蛋白水平会下降,在高龄时略有上升。在女性中,没有证据表明年龄与血红蛋白水平之间存在任何重要关系。