Comparative Efficacy of Three Forms of Parenteral Iron

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Preparation	Iron	Iron	Ferric
	dextran	sucrose	carboxymaltose
Number of patients	44	84	82
% Female	84	85	85
Mean haemoglobin	9.7	9.3	9.0
Median (SD)	9.6 (1.37)	9.5 (1.8)	9.0 (1.75)
haemoglobin
Mean MCV	79	78	76
Median (SD) MCV	79 (9.51)	79 (14.4)	75 (10.8)
Mean ferritin	23	14	27
Median (SD) ferritin	9 (36.9)	11 (42.4)	27 (52.9)