Table 2.
Results for serum ferritin, fecal calprotectin, and Hb at baseline and after 30 and 90 days of treatment.
| Baseline | After 30 days | After 90 days | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | N | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | N | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | p-value (0 vs 90) | ||
| IPC | Serum ferritin (μg/L) | 26 | 7.8 (4.6) | 6.7 (4.4–10.4) | 25 | 12.7 (8.5) | 11.3 (5.0–16.6) | 19 | 18.6 (13.0) | 15.9 (10.4–23.0) | 0.002# |
| Calprotectin (μg/g) | 26 | 256.8 (515.5) | 61.6 (16.1–213.3) | 24 | 161.7 (190.9) | 114.4 (29.6–227.7) | 16 | 70.6 (60.9) | 47.3 (22.1–107.3) | 0.290# | |
| Hb (g/dL) | 28 | 10.3 (2.4) | 10.7 (8.1–12.6) | 25 | 10.8 (2.2) | 11.5 (8.8–12.7) | 19 | 12.1 (1.4) | 12.1 (10.9–13.2) | 0.002* | |
| SI | Serum ferritin (μg/L) | 26 | 6.9 (3.5) | 6.6 (4.0–8.8) | 24 | 11.7 (8.5) | 9.7 (5.8–13.1) | 22 | 16.5 (11.3) | 12.1 (8.5–25.4) | 0.001# |
| Calprotectin (μg/g) | 27 | 139.4 (160.4) | 108.5 (34.2–171.8) | 26 | 182.5 (257.4) | 85.3 (26.7–253.2) | 22 | 120.9 (162.6) | 49.3 (19.8–123.6) | 0.964# | |
| Hb (g/dL) | 27 | 11.1 (1.4) | 10.9 (10.2–11.9) | 25 | 11.5 (1.5) | 11.6 (10.7–12.4) | 22 | 12.1 (1.8) | 12.1 (11.5–12.6) | 0.003* | |
IPC: iron polymaltose complex, SI: sucrosomial iron, SD: standard deviation, IQR: interquartile range
*
paired sample t-test
#
Sign-rank test