Prevalence, risk factors, and treatment of anemia in hospitalized older patients across geriatric and nephrological settings in Italy.

In general, among patients with anemia who underwent iron level assessment, more than a half resulted to have low iron tests, with higher prevalence in Nephrology Units compared to Geriatric Units (60.5% vs 55.3%, p < 0.001 ), and an increasing trend in patients with eGFR < 30 ml/min/1.73 m 2 ; conversely, deficiencies of folic acid and vitamin B12 were less common.

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