Ferritin and hemoglobin in primary restless legs syndrome

VernacularTitle:铁蛋白和血红蛋白与原发性不宁腿综合征的关系
Author: Xiaoming GUO ; Jing CHEN ; Xiangru SUN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Restless legs syndrome; Ferritin; Hemoglobin
From: Clinical Medicine of China 2010;26(3):271-273
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the association of serum ferritin and hemoglobin with the pathogenesis of primary restless legs syndrome(RLS). Methods Thirty-five patients with primary restless legs syndrome and twenty insomnia controls were included in this study. The level of serum ferritin and hemoglobin were measured, and the data have been analyzed using t-test. Results The level of serum ferritin in the primary RLS patients (89.77μg/L (SD:48.52)) was significantly lower than in the contruls (123.36 μg/L (SD:35.06)) (t=-2.713,P <0.01), whereas the level of hemoglobin have no statistical difference between the RLS group (142.77 g/L (SD: 11.79)) and the control group (139.05 g/L (SD: 12.33)) (t = 1.108, P > 0.05). Conclu-sions The decrease of serum ferritin may be a risk factor of primary restless legs syndrome, but the level of hemo-globin is not associated with primary restless legs syndrome.