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There is little known about the overlap of inflammation between ACD and UA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study was undertaken to find the proportion of anemic geriatric patients, aged \u226560 years with raised serum levels of inflammatory markers and their study within IDA, ACD, and UA.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Seventy-five anemic geriatric patients were evaluated for raised serum levels of inflammatory markers: high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP), tumor necrosis factor-\u03b1 (TNF-\u03b1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-8 (IL-8) along with serum ferritin (SF).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Raised markers were seen in 94.7% of anemic geriatric patients.IL-8 was raised most frequently followed by TNF-\u03b1, IL-6, hsCRP, and SF. No distinct inflammatory profile could be elicited between ACD and UA. 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