| Hb & Fr. concentration with anemia % | Drops group | Sprinkles group | P-value | ||
| FF 12.5 mg | FF 20 mg | FF 12.5 mg | |||
| Hb concentration (g/L) | |||||
| Baseline | 8.64 (0.79) | 8.90 (0.71) | 8.84 (0.79) | 8.71 (0.82) | 0.20 |
| 8 wk | 9.59 (1.41) | 9.41 (1.28) | 9.31 (1.61) | 9.6 (1.1) | 0.62* |
| P-value (Base-3 wk) | <0.0001 | 0.0009 | 0.02 | <0.0001 | |
| 16 wk | 10.1 (0.15) | 10.40 (1.41) | 10.10 (1.88) | 10.38 (1.34) | 0.32* |
| P-value (Base-8 wk) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |
| Percent Anemic (%) | |||||
| Baseline | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
| 8 wk | 63.5 | 70.0 | 70 | 65.5 | 0.75* |
| 16 wk | 46.6 | 36.1 | 45.9 | 38.2 | 0.78* |
| P-value (Base 8 wk) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |
| Ferritin (µg/L) | |||||
| Baseline | 2.5 (1 - 35.1) | 4.3 (1 - 40.6) | 2.7 (1 - 0.5) | 4.6 (1 - 35.1) | 0.24** |
| 8 weeks | 10.5 (1 - 97.2) | 7.35 (1 - 87.2) | 9.1 (1 - 17.3) | 7.2 (1 - 100.2) | 0.09†† |
| P value change§ | <0.0001 | 0.19 | <0.0001 | 0.12 | |