Table 3 Treatment effect in hemoglobin, ferritin and total iron concentrations of children
From: Efficacy of different strategies to treat anemia in children: a randomized clinical trial
Evaluation | IS | IFS | MMS | FW | FCF | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | ||||||
N | 40 | 42 | 36 | 48 | 51 | |
Baseline | 10.45 (10.18, 10.72) | 10.72 (10.49, 10.95) | 10.73 (10.52, 10.94) | 10.55 (10.32, 10.78) | 10.51 (10.22, 10.80) | 0.487 |
Final | 11.94 (11.60, 12.27)1 | 12.24 (11.90, 12.58)1 | 12.14 (11.80, 12.48)1 | 11.62 (11.28, 11.96) | 11.38 (11.07, 11.68)2 | 0.001 |
Change | 1.49 (1.13, 1.84)†1 | 1.52 (1.13, 1.91)†1 | 1.41 (1.05, 1.76)†1 | 1.07 (0.77, 1.36)† | 0.86 (0.60, 1.13)†2 | 0.012 |
Adjusted change * | 1.43 (1.05, 1.80) | 1.58 (1.26, 1.89)1 | 1.46 (1.08, 1.83)1 | 1.25 (0.89, 1.62) | 0.94 (0.65, 1.22)2 | 0.034 |
Ferritin (μg/dL) | ||||||
N‡ | 29 | 32 | 23 | 38 | 46 | |
Baseline | 30.04 (9.90, 50.18) | 72.18 (41.64, 102.71) | 22.83 (2.97, 42.69) | 60.93 (36.55, 85.31) | 57.95 (31.18, 84.72) | 0.073 |
Final | 55.50 (26.79, 84.22) | 51.24 (26.83, 75.64) | 20.53 (4.12, 36.94) | 48.16 (21.33, 74.98) | 60.45 (32.26, 88.63) | 0.366 |
Change | 25.47 (3.97, 46.96)†1 | -20.94 (-44.78, 2.89)2 | -2.30 (-10.61, 6.01) | -12.77 (-35.49, 9.95)2 | 2.49 (-17.90, 22.89) | 0.042 |
Adjusted change * | 21.43 (-4.05, 46.91) | 0.94 (-19.50, 21.38) | 0.67 (-24.96, 26.30) | -4.06 (-26.80, 18.69) | 20.29 (2.97, 37.62) | 0.200 |
Total Iron (μg/dL) | ||||||
N‡ | 26 | 30 | 21 | 33 | 46 | |
Baseline | 1.05 (0.90, 1.20) | 1.01 (0.86, 1.16) | 1.04 (0.88, 1.19) | 1.17 (0.99, 1.34) | 1.04 (0.90, 1.17) | 0.822 |
Final | 1.26 (1.08, 1.45) | 1.16 (1.03, 1.29) | 1.26 (1.02, 1.50) | 1.35 (1.17, 1.53) | 1.23 (1.09, 1.38) | 0.604 |
Change | 0.21 (0.08, 0.35)† | 0.15 (0.04, 0.26)† | 0.23 (0.04, 0.42)† | 0.19 (0.06, 0.31)† | 0.20 (0.10, 0.29)† | 0.932 |
Adjusted change * | 0.16 (0.00, 0.31) | 0.13 (0.01, 0.25) | 0.16 (0.00, 0.32) | 0.25 (0.11, 0.39) | 0.16 (0.05, 0.26) | 0.771 |