Infant characteristics

Iron deficiency anemia (n = 91)

Iron deficiency (n = 20)

Iron sufficiency (n = 20)

P-value

Age (mo)

11.8 (6.2 - 18.6)a,2

14.4 (8.9 - 18.6)b

11.0 (6.6 - 18.6)a

0.03

Sex (%M)

53

23

55

0.2

Height-for-age (z score)

_0.5 _ 1.0 (_2.7 to 1.4)a,3

_0.7 _ 1.0 (_3.2 to 1.5)a

_ 0.9 _ 1.4 (_4.6 to1.2)a

0.4

Weight-for-age (z score)

_1.2 _ 1.4 (_4.3 to 1.8)a

_1.6 _ 0.9 (_4.0 to _0.4)a

_1.8 _ 1.7 (_6.2 to 0.8)a

0.3

Baseline indexes

Hemoglobin (g/L)

88.4 _ 7.9 (72 - 98)a

107.7 _ 7.3 (100 - 127)b

109.7 _ 7.2 (100 - 121)b

˂0.0001

Anemia [n (%)]

91 (100)a

0 (0)b

0 (0)b

˂0.0001

Ferritin (µg/L)

17.9 (4 - 166)a

38.7 (11 - 287)b

27.2 (7 - 157)b

0.01

Irondeficiency [n (%)]

20 (100)a

20 (100)a

0 (0)b

˂0.0001