Table II.
Initial decrease in ferritin levels and transferrin saturation.
| Time (week) | Ferritin (μg/L) | Transferrin saturation (%) | ||||
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| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P1 | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | P1 | |
| 0 | 678 (531) | 664 (368) | 0.41 | 66.4 (20.9) | 66.0 (20.1) | 0.87 |
| 2 | 429 (221) | 559 (394) | 0.30 | 42.8 (15.3) | 49.4 (20.5) | 0.37 |
| 4 | 304 (200) | 338 (160) | 0.66 | 45.1 (15.5) | 42.6 (25.7) | 0.42 |
| 6 | 321 (318) | 209 (114) | 0.64 | 34.7 (18.8) | 36.2 (14.2) | 0.59 |
| 8 | 244 (181) | 159 (112) | 0.46 | 31.8 (14.8) | 30.4 (19.0) | 0.54 |
| 10 | 426 (395) | 86.8 (72) | 0.009 | 42.1 (25.6) | 25.7 (13.0) | 0.24 |
| 12 | 260 (122) | 86.5 (60) | 0.002 | 29.1 (15.1) | 29.4 (11.7) | 0.94 |
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Wilcoxon’s test