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A healthy 70-year-old patient has low hemoglobin levels and no signs of gastrointestinal bleeding.
The nurse recognizes which item is an effect of aging that could be the reason for the low hemoglobin level?

A Low level of hepcidin.

B Increase in iron-binding capacity.

C Decrease in intestinal absorption of iron.

D Decrease in erythropoietin secretion from the kidneys.

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