Similar to a previous population-based study conducted in the United States (3067 adults aged 70 and older, reporting 7% of women and 4% of men with iron deficiency based on the laboratory tests erythrocyte protoporphyrin, transferrin saturation, and serum ferritin) [5], we found higher incidence and prevalence of iron deficiency in women as compared to men. Here, TF is linked to nutritional disorder.