Table 9.
Outcomes, serum ferritin levels, and IV iron administration in relation to malnutrition and certain infections
| Disease | Outcome | Serum Ferritin Level | IV iron | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (ICD9-CM) | Died | Alive | χ2[1] | p | < 600 (μg/L) | > 600 (μg/L) | χ2[1] | p | ≤ 455 (mg/mo) | > 455 (mg/mo) | χ2[1] | p |
| Patients (n) | 600 | 465 | 698 | 720 | 810 | 318 | ||||||
| Malnutrition (ICD 262–263) | 73 | 40 | 44.9 | < 0.001 | 47 | 66 | 2.54 | 0.11 | 78 | 19 | 0.32 | 0.85 |
| Infection (ICD 001–139) | 250 | 418 | 2.42 | < 0.12 | 322 | 346 | 0.07 | 0.79 | 398 | 143 | 1.43 | 0.23 |
| Pneumonia (ICD 480–486) | 143 | 127 | 44.8 | < 0.001 | 141 | 127 | 1.35 | 0.24 | 183 | 48 | 0.01 | 0.92 |
| Cellulitis & carbuncle (ICD 680–682) | 97 | 86 | 28.1 | < 0.001 | 86 | 97 | 0.32 | 0.57 | 137 | 40 | 2.98 | 0.08 |
| Ulcer of skin (ICD 707) | 102 | 56 | 65.4 | < 0.001 | 77 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 38 | 1.83 | 0.17 |