Table 2.

Effects of Ferrous Sulphate (FS) and Iron Polymaltose Complex (IPC) on Hb (g/L), PCV (%), MCV (fl), MCH (Pg), MCHC (g/L), Serum Iron (mcg/dL), and Serum Ferritin (ng/mL)

Parameters	Baseline (0 wks)		After Treatment (8 wks)		Difference (8 wks – baseline) with 95% CI†		P value
Hb (g/L)	IPC 8.47 ±0.72	FS 8.39±0.74	IPC 11.19±0.67*	FS 11.24±0.61*	IPC Mean ±SD (CI) 2.72 ±0.55 (0.01–5.42)	FS Mean ±SD (CI) 2.9 ±0.46 (0.0–5.8)	.07
PCV (%)	26 ± 2.05	25±1.66	34±2.85*	34±1.90*	8±1.2 (0.07–9.13)	9±2.3 (0.09–12.34)	.43
MCV (fl)	73.41 ± 10.85	74.91±6.9	90.35±13.46*	93.61±6.4*	16.94±12.42 (0.02–33.86)	18.7±10.4 (0.7–36.7)	.25
MCH (Pg)	23.35 ± 3.71	22.6±4.27	30.50±2.0*	30.25±3.07*	7.15±2.0 (0.01–14.29)	7.65±1.6 (0.02–15.28)	.39
MCHC (g/L)	298.26 ±8.44	298.75 ± 5.67	326.12±26.17*	326.72±18.13*	27.86±15.22 (0.01–55.71)	27.97±12.25 (0.00–55.94)	.14
Serum iron (mcg/dL)	67.29 ±9.12	65.75±21.45	105.61±15.22*	108.88±42.5*	38.32±13.21 (0.01–76.63)	43.13±38.32 (0.13–86.13)	.21
Serum ferritin (ng/mL)	10.93 ± 4.14	11.38±8.5	33.52±10.57*	28.22±10.40*	22.59±6.8 (0.01–45.17)	16.84±7.9 (0.02–33.66)	< .001

^*P < .05 vs baseline values (P value is for difference (8 wks – baseline) between the 2 groups)

^†Figures in parentheses are 95% CI

All values are expressed as mean ± SD

Hb = hemoglobin; MCH = mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC = mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV = mean corpuscular volume; PCV = packed cell volume