[Table/Fig-2]:
Hematological parameters measured serially. * statisticallysignificant ** statistically very significant
| Hematological Parameters | At Recruitment | At 2nd Week | At 4th Week | At Term | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Sucrose | Oral Iron | Iron Sucrose | Oral Iron | Iron Sucrose | Oral Iron | Iron Sucrose | Oral Iron | ||
| Hb(g/dl) | Mean+SD | 6.89+0.6 | 7.16+0.6 | 8.15 +0.6 | 8.22+0.7 | 9.48+0.7 | 9.15+0.7 | 10.84+0.9 | 10.09+0.7 |
| p-value | 0.039* | 0.625 | 0.024* | <0.001** | |||||
| PCV% | Mean+SD | 24.61+2.3 | 25.52+2.0 | 28.70+2.4 | 28.88+2.6 | 32.55+2.9 | 32.17+2.6 | 36.28+2.7 | 35.56+2.4 |
| p-value | 0.038* | 0.726 | 0.504 | 0.180 | |||||
| MCV(Fl) | Mean+SD | 71.07+7.8 | 73.07+6.3 | 83.32+6.3 | 84.09+6.5 | - | - | - | - |
| p-value | 0.163 | 0.553 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||