Table 3.

Changes over time in both groups regarding serum ferritin, fecal calprotectin, and hemoglobin.

	IPC			SI
Changes 0–90	N	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	N	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	p-value
Change in serum ferritin	19	9.9(11.9)	5.5(1.2–18.0)	22	9.8(10.8)	6.1(0.9–17.6)	0.977#
Change in calprotectin	16	−33.3(121.5)	−0.8(−96.8–47.9)	21	1.6(161.4)	−4.7(−89.8–30.3)	0.474#
Change in Hb	19	1.0(0.9)	0.9(0.4–1.4)	22	1.1(1.1)	1.1(0.1–1.5)	0.887*

IPC: iron polymaltose complex, SI: sucrosomial iron, SD: standard deviation, Hb: hemoglobin, IQR: interquartile range

^*Independent sample t-test

^#Mann-Whitney test.