Long-Term Efficacy of Postpartum Intravenous Iron Therapy

Table 1

Baseline data and characteristics.

Characteristics	Oral iron	Intravenous + oral iron
	( = 150)	( = 75)
Maternal age at delivery (years)	32.1 (5.4)	31.5 (6.1)	0.46
Gestational age (weeks)	39.2 (2.9)	39.1 (3.0)	0.91
Gravidity	2.0 (1.4)	2.1 (1.6)	0.77
Parity	1.6 (0.9)	1.5 (1.1)	0.63
Blood loss, estimated (mL)	537.2 (283.5)	625.9 (404.9)	0.06
Hb after delivery (g/dL)	10.1 (0.3)9.5–10.5	9.1 (0.3)8.5–9.5	<0.0001
Haematocrit after delivery (%)	29.5 (1.4)25.4–36.2	26.9 (1.7)23–31.5	<0.0001
Mode of delivery
Vaginal spontaneous	54 (36%)	33 (44%)
Vaginal operative	28 (18.7%)	9 (12%)
Caesarean section	68 (45.3%)	33 (44%)

Values are expressed as mean (SD) range, or numbers and percentages.