“…In this study, food pattern modeling was used to predict hematological indices for four variables: iron, ascorbic acid, phytate, and phytate–iron ratios. These variables were chosen due to their known impact on the hematological indices of iron status and to their common focus in community nutrition research and programming [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 27 ].…”