Baseline | Follow-up | P values† | Baseline | Follow-up | P values† | Baseline | Follow-up | P values† | P values‡ | |
Weight (kg)* | 8.3±1.0 | 9.1±1.1 | <0.001 | 8.0±1.2 | 8.8±1.1 | <0.001 | 8.4±0.9 | 9.2±0.9 | <0.001 | 0.49 |
Length (cm)* | 68.4±2.4 | 71.3±2.7 | <0.001 | 67.4±2.8 | 69.9±2.6 | <0.001 | 68.2±2.3 | 71.7±3.9 | <0.001 | 0.26 |
Hb (g/L)* | 111.6±6.0 | 110.2±9.0 | 0.71 | 112.2±7.0 | 112.9±5.9 | 0.62 | 118.0±11.5 | 112.2±5.8 | 0.06 | 0.51 |
S-Fe (µmol/L)* | 9.5±4.2 | 9.5±4.3 | 0.66 | 9.7±3.8 | 8.7±3.6 | 0.42 | 8.8±4.5 | 9.6±3.6 | 0.64 | 0.78 |
S-transferrin (g/L)* | 2.2±0.3 | 2.4±0.4 | 0.07 | 2.2±0.3 | 2.2±0.3 | 0.66 | 2.3±0.4 | 2.2±0.2 | 0.70 | 0.32 |
S-ferritin (µg/L)§ | 89.4±44.7 | 61.2±32.5 | <0.001 | 72.3±40.7 | 70.5±47.0 | 0.81 | 109.3±85.8 | 92.2±62.9 | 0.14 | 0.17 |
F-calprotectin (µg/g)¶ | 132 (71, 241) | 121 (55, 211) | NS** | 120 (59, 238) | 105 (62, 421) | NS** | 263 (104, 345) | 151 (109, 492) | NS** | NS††** |
Data are mean/geometric mean±SD or median (25th, 75th percentile).
↵*Mean ±SD.
↵†P values for within-group differences, paired-samples t-test.
↵‡P values for between-group differences, ANOVA.
↵§Geometric mean ±SD.
↵¶Median (25th, 75th percentile).
↵**P values for within-group differences, related-samples Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
††P values for between-group difference, independent-samples Kruskal-Wallis test.
F, faecal; Hb, haemoglobin; NS, not significant at p=0.05; S, serum.