“…In a different study, CHr was found to have the highest sensitivity and specificity compared with ferritin, transferrin saturation, and MCV for predicting the absence of bone marrow iron stores [21]. The effect of acute or chronic disease on CHr is not completely clear, though CHr has been found useful in evaluating patients with end-stage renal failure [22,23]. There are relatively few conditions that result in reduced CHr.…”