Table 5.

Iron status before and after treatment

Parameter	Before treatment (n = 27)		After treatment (n = 27)		P-value
	Range	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD
S.iron (μg/dl)	11.0–86.0	48.1 ± 15.3	34.0–135.0	80.7 ± 20.1	0.000*
TIBC (μg/dl)	301–475	416.1 ± 35.0	296–423	368.2 ± 28.4	0.000*
% TS	5.3–33.0	14.3 ± 5.3	8.1–33.2	20.6 ± 5.3	0.000*
S ferritin (μg/l)	2.0–11.0	6.2 ± 2.8	5.0–16.0	9.8 ± 3.9	0.000*

(Paired Student t test) * Significant