If you're taking an iron supplement, eating good amounts of iron, and your levels are still low, your doctor may need to explore more to find out what’s causing your iron deficiency.

Iron deficiency was associated with all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events regardless of whether anemia was also present, results of a multinational study of patients with ...

Total mean costs for patients with IBD and anemia were estimated to be $19,627 compared with $7976 for those without anemia (P <.0001).