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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2015 Feb 10;313(6):575–583. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.119

Table 2.

Hemoglobin Recovery to Pre-donation Level by Sex, Treatment, and Baseline Ferritin Level

Ferritin Group (ng/mL) No. of Participants Time to 80% Hemoglobin Recovery, Mean (IQR), da (95% CI)b
Women
 Iron Low (≤26) 30 36 (33–39) (29–46)
 Iron Higher (>26) 29 32 (29–34) (25–41)
 No iron Low (≤26) 30 153 (126–>168) (94–>168)
 No iron Higher (>26) 29 92 (76–130) (55–>168)
Men
 Iron Low (≤26) 17 25 (23–28) (18–35)
 Iron Higher (>26) 20 30 (27–35) (22–49)
 No iron Low (≤26) 18 >168 (102–>168) (50–>168)
 No iron Higher (>26) 20 68 (50–95) (34–>168)

Abbreviation: IQR, interquartile range.

a

Interquartile range of bootstrap estimates.

b

95% CI of bootstrap estimates.