Prevalence and Independent Predictors of Iron Deficiency in Yemeni Patients with Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

A retrospective study consisted of 108 Adult Yemeni patients with HF who had been admitted based on validated clinical criteria from Jun 2021 to Sept 2022 at Al-Thorah General Hospital, IBB, Yemen. ID was defined as serum ferritin concentrations of < 100 ng/mL or 100-299 ng/mL with transferrin saturation < 20%. The prevalence of ID among HF patients and independent predictors of ID were investigated in univariate and regression analysis.