Long-Term Efficacy of Postpartum Intravenous Iron Therapy

Table 3

Questionnaire data at 6 months post-partum.

	Oral iron	Intravenous + oral iron
	( = 150)	( = 75)
Median duration of 80 mg/d oral iron sulphate supplementation (days) (all patients)	30 (46.8)0–180	46 (45.2)0–180	.02
Women taking oral iron supplementation (%)	120 (80%)	36 (48%)	.006
Breast-feeding women (%)	131 (87.3%); (mean 20.9 weeks)	68 (90.7%); (mean 20.7 weeks)	.84
Vegetarians (%)	11 (7.4%)	8 (10.8%)	.34
Mean physical performance (scale 1–10)	6.9 (1.9)2–10	7.2 (1.7)2–10	.36
Menstruation 6 months post-partum
None	42 (28.4%)	28 (37.3%)	.29
Yes	106 (71.6%)	47 (62.7%)

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