A chronic inflammatory process is involved in the pathogenesis ofType 2 diabetes. Our study aimed to identify a more reliable tool for thediagnosis of iron deficiency anemia in Type 2 diabetes. Most biochemicalmarkers for iron are affected by the acute phase response including serumferritin. Serum soluble transferring receptor level is not influenced by theacute phase response and hence is a more sensitive measure in detectingiron deficiency in the diabetics and this was confirmed by our study.