Table 2.

Patient demographics

	Iron group (n = 24)	No-iron group (n = 25)
Age (years)	69 (47–89)	72 (57–80)
Sex	14M, 8F	14M, 9F
Anaemic patients	3M, 3F	8M, 6F
Operation duration (min)	139 (60–210)	133 (73–240)
Estimated blood loss (ml)	800 (188–6919)	600 (200–3500)
Duration iron treatment (days)	14 (12–56)	N/A
Dukes' staging
A	1	3
B	8	7
C	13	11

Ranges given in parentheses.

No significant difference between groups except in proportion of anaemic patients (χ² = 4.871; P = 0.02).