Table 1.
Collection time | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | P value | |
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Fe (μg/L) | Baseline | 13.72 ± 3.54 (8.00–23.00) | 15.29 ± 4.04 (7.80–23.50) | 14.27 ± 3.95 (7.00–25.90) | 0.276 |
At the end of the study | 12.09 ± 4.72 (7.60–32.00) | 12.71 ± 4.17 (8.64–31.00) | 11.37 ± 2.58 (7.32–28.00) | 0.4 | |
TIBC (μg/L) | Baseline | 53.81 ± 6.16 (40.20–67.00) | 56.41 ± 8.22 (44.60–78.00) | 56.44 ± 4.26 (49.00–66.00) | 0.189 |
At the end of the study | 52.53 ± 8.39 (40.10–87) | 54.15 ± 5.59 (46.50–72.00) | 55.42 ± 5.11 (45.60–65.00) | 0.22 | |
Ferritin (ng/ml) | Baseline | 78.56 ± 12.6 (45.3–136.8) | 81.25 ± 9.8 (52.0–141.80) | 76.21 ± 10.2 (50.0–130.6) | 0.326 |
At the end of the study | 62.7 ± 10.2 (40.6–124.8) | 58.7 ± 12.8 (46.4–130.80) | 70.7 ± 10.8 (59.7131.8) | 0.354 | |
Transferrin saturation (%) | Baseline | 25.72 ± 5.49 (15.00–42.80) | 26.94 ± 6.64 (14.90–39.60) | 24.96 ± 6.39 (12.10–43.00) | 0.5 |
At the end of the study | 21.72 ± 11.41 (10.90–77.00) | 20.17 ± 6.44 (13.30–33.90) | 20.53 ± 4.49 (11.60–32.20) | 0.239 |
Data shown as mean ± standard deviation, with minimal and maximal values in parentheses
Fe iron, TIBC total iron-binding capacity