Table 2. Changes in laboratory parameters upon iron treatment (confirmation dataset: FERGIcor, n=448).

	Pre iron	Post iron	N	p value
Platelets G/L	383 (139)	310 (101)	448	<0.001
Hemoglobin g/dL	10.2 (1.5)	12.8 (1.5)	427	<0.001
Leukocytes G/L	7.2 (2.6)	7.0 (2.5)	400	0.142
C-reactive protein mg/dL*	0.4 (0–6.0)	0.4 (0–5.8)	366	0.052
Ferritin µg/L*	8 (2–151)	72 (2–544)	420	<0.001
Transferrin saturation %*	5.6 (1.4–50)	19.1 (1.7–58)	402	<0.001

Continuous data given as mean (SD) or *median (range).