Table 2.

Major secondary outcomes in the two arms at weeks 2, 4 and 8 of randomization.

Outcome	Alternate group	Daily group	P value
Change in retic count at week 2 compared to baseline	0.36 ± 0.44	0.36 ± 0.42	0.97
Change in ferritin at week 4 compared to baseline	30.84 ± 159.02 ng/ml	17.69 ± 40.26 ng/ml	0.32
Proportion of participants with at least 2 g/dL rise in Hb at week 8 compared to baseline	17 (17.71%)	22 (22.45%)	0.41