Table 2.

Hematocrit and other iron parameters

Variable	SGA	AGA	P value
Hematocrit (%)	50.6±5.8	47.7±5.7	<0.001
Serum ferritin (ng/mL)
Unadjusted	139.0 (70.0–237.0)	141.0 (82.5–228.5)	0.396
Adjusted	147.1 (116.3–178.0)	189.4 (178.0–200.8)	0.006
Total body iron store
Unadjusted	185.6 (153.4–211.7)	202.2 (168.7–241.9)	<0.001
Adjusted	166.0 (161.6–170.4)	204.2 (202.5–206.0)	<0.001
Maternal serum-ferritin (ng/mL)
Unadjusted	23.0 (14.0–41.3)	19.0 (12.0–33.0)	0.011
Adjusted	55.2 (42.1–68.3)	29.8 (24.5–35.1)	<0.001
Low serum ferritin (<5th percentile)	14 (12.2)	45 (6.3)	0.022
High serum ferritin (>95th percentile)	15 (13.0)	109 (15.2)	0.546
Maternal serum-ferritin<10 ng/mL	12 (12.8)	123 (21.5)	0.050

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation, median (interquartile range), or number (%).

SGA, small for gestational age; AGA, appropriate for gestational ag.