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  2. Reference ranges for blood tests - Wikipedia

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    A reference range is usually defined as the set of values 95 percent of the normal population falls ... (Folic acid/Folate) – Serum: Age > 1 year: 3.0 [126] 16 [126 ...

  3. Transferrin saturation - Wikipedia

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    Transferrin saturation (TS), measured as a percentage, is a medical laboratory value. It is the value of serum iron divided by the total iron-binding capacity [1] of the available transferrin, the main protein that binds iron in the blood, this value tells a clinician how much serum iron is bound.

  4. Cancer - Wikipedia

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    Greater than 30% of cancer deaths could be prevented by ... Folic acid supplementation is not effective in preventing colon ... declined by five percent between 1950 ...

  5. Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] There is also an increased folate requirement from 0.4 to 0.8 mg/day (important in preventing neural tube defects). On average, a weight gain of 20 to 30 lb (9.1 to 13.6 kg) is experienced. [citation needed] All patients are advised to take prenatal vitamins to compensate for the increased nutritional requirements. Choline ...

  6. Health in India - Wikipedia

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    According to a 2005 report, 60% of India's children below the age of three were malnourished, which was greater than the statistics of sub-Saharan African of 28%. [14] World Bank data indicates that India has one of the world's highest demographics of children suffering from malnutrition – said to be double that of sub-Saharan Africa with ...

  7. Kaplan–Meier estimator - Wikipedia

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    In the graph, patients with Gene B die much quicker than those with Gene A. After two years, about 80% of the Gene A patients survive, but less than half of patients with Gene B. To generate a Kaplan–Meier estimator, at least two pieces of data are required for each patient (or each subject): the status at last observation (event occurrence ...

  8. Global Hunger Index - Wikipedia

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    In 19 countries with moderate, serious, or alarming 2024 GHI scores, progress has largely stalled their 2024 GHI scores have declined by less than 5 percent from their 2016 GHI scores. A small number of countries—including Bangladesh, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nepal, Somalia, and Togo—have made significant improvements in their GHI scores, even ...

  9. List of countries by suicide rate - Wikipedia

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    In 2021, the global rate of suicide deaths for men was 12.3 per 100,000, more than double the rate for women, which stood at 5.9 per 100,000 population. However, the sex disparity was uneven across regions, with a male-to-female ratio ranging from as low as 1.4 in the Southeast Asia Region to nearly 4.0 in the Region of the Americas.