This section aims to  summarize the currently recognized cut-offs for defining deficiencies and severity of deficiencies at the population level, and the chronology of their establishment

C-reative protein

Ferritin (iron)

Goitre (iodine)

Haemoglobin (anaemia)

Red blood cell (folate)

Serum transferrin (iron)

Serum retinol (vitamin A)

Urinary iodine (iodine)

Xerophtalmia (vitamin A)