Effect of oral and intravenous iron therapy on hemoglobin levels in hemodialysis patients according to serum ferritin level

Table 2 Serum ferritin levels during the study period

	IV iron	Sodium ferrous citrate	Ferric citrate hydrate	IV iron	Sodium ferrous citrate	Ferric citrate hydrate	IV iron	Sodium ferrous citrate	Ferric citrate hydrate
	All	All	All	Serum ferritin	Serum ferritin	Serum ferritin	Serum ferritin	Serum ferritin	Serum ferritin
	All	All	All	<100 ng/ml	<100 ng/ml	<100 ng/ml	100~199 ng/ml	100~199 ng/ml	100~199 ng/ml
N	40	31	16	30	25	12	10	6	4
0 weeks	79.4 ± 45.3	65.1 ± 35.7	74.4 ± 43.8	57.7 ± 25.2	51.3 ± 22.2	52.8 ± 20.4	144.4 ± 24.0	122.4 ± 19.9	139.1 ± 25.3
12 weeks	92.9 ± 48.7	112.6 ± 56.4	128.9 ± 78.7	92.9 ± 48.7	98.5 ± 39.3	91.3 ± 48.0	N.A.	196.8 ± 76.3	232.4 ± 42.5
24 weeks	109.5 ± 71.3	140.9 ± 60.5	159.5 ± 57.3^a	82.0 ± 41.8	130.7 ± 57.3^b	153.6 ± 59.5^c	164.5 ± 87.5	181.6 ± 60.2	189.0 ± 46.7

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