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Iron Store Estimator (Ferritin)

Estimate total body iron stores from serum ferritin. Size-independent rule: stored iron (mg) ≈ ferritin (µg/L) × 10. Body-weight estimate (better across body habitus): stored iron (mg) ≈ ferritin × weight(kg) × 0.0024 (Walters 1973). Adult ferritin reference: men ~30–300 µg/L, women ~15–150 µg/L. Ferritin < 30 µg/L (men) or < 15 µg/L (women) strongly indicates iron deficiency; < 100 µg/L in an inflammatory state does not exclude it. Ferritin > 300 µg/L (men) / > 200 µg/L (women) with TSAT > 45–50% suggests iron overload (hereditary hemochromatosis, dysmetabolic iron overload, iron-loading anemias, transfusions, chronic liver disease); > 1000 µg/L warrants evaluation of hemochromatosis, iron-loading anemias, or hyperferritinemic syndromes. Ferritin is an acute-phase reactant — interpret with TSAT and CRP. Derived from Camaschella 2019, Adams NEJM 2005, and WHO 2020. Not medical advice.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/ferritin-store-estimator' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"ferritin":12,"weight":0,"sex":"female","method":"size","decimalPlaces":1}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/ferritin-store-estimator

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
ferritin	number	Yes	Serum ferritin in µg/L (equivalent to ng/mL). Adult reference: men ~30–300, women ~15–150.
weight	number	No	Body weight in kg. Optional; required only for the body-weight estimation method.
sex	select	No	Used to select sex-specific ferritin reference thresholds (men 30–300, women 15–150 µg/L).
method	select	No	Size-independent rule (stored iron ≈ ferritin × 10) or body-weight rule (ferritin × weight × 0.0024).
decimalPlaces

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-ferritin-store-estimator": {
      "name": "ferritin-store-estimator",
      "description": "Estimate total body iron stores from serum ferritin. Size-independent rule: stored iron (mg) ≈ ferritin (µg/L) × 10. Body-weight estimate (better across body habitus): stored iron (mg) ≈ ferritin × weight(kg) × 0.0024 (Walters 1973). Adult ferritin reference: men ~30–300 µg/L, women ~15–150 µg/L. Ferritin < 30 µg/L (men) or < 15 µg/L (women) strongly indicates iron deficiency; < 100 µg/L in an inflammatory state does not exclude it. Ferritin > 300 µg/L (men) / > 200 µg/L (women) with TSAT > 45–50% suggests iron overload (hereditary hemochromatosis, dysmetabolic iron overload, iron-loading anemias, transfusions, chronic liver disease); > 1000 µg/L warrants evaluation of hemochromatosis, iron-loading anemias, or hyperferritinemic syndromes. Ferritin is an acute-phase reactant — interpret with TSAT and CRP. Derived from Camaschella 2019, Adams NEJM 2005, and WHO 2020. Not medical advice.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=ferritin-store-estimator",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "ferritin-store-estimator",
    "arguments": {
  "ferritin": 12,
  "weight": 0,
  "sex": "female",
  "method": "size",
  "decimalPlaces": 1
}
  }
}

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