Correlation Between Serum Ferritin and Hemoglobin Level in Females With Hair Fall in Chronic Telogen Effluvium

The research paper studied the correlation between serum ferritin and haemoglobin levels in females with hair fall, specifically those with chronic telogen effluvium. The case-controlled study included 74 women with telogen effluvium and 22 healthy women. The study found that while there was no significant difference in hemoglobin levels between the two groups, the difference in ferritin levels was highly significant. There was a strong inverse correlation between the number of hair falls and ferritin levels. The study concluded that low iron stores, reflected by ferritin levels, play a significant role in hair fall in women with chronic telogen effluvium. Nonanemic iron deficiency could be responsible for unexplained non-specific symptoms like diffuse hair loss. The study also provided a regression equation to predict the amount of hair fall based on estimated ferritin and hemoglobin levels.