Table 3 Comparison of the mean dietary iron intake between patients taking iron medications and those not taking it
Male patients | Female patients < 50 years | Fermale patients ≥ 50 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iron medication | No medication | Iron medication | No medication | Iron medication | No medication | |
n | 42 | 35 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 18 |
Mean ± ds (mg Fe/die) | 8.5 ± 2.5 | 9.5 ± 3.2 | 7.0 ± 1.1 | 9.1 ± 2.7 | 8.0 ± 2.5 | 8.0 ± 2.8 |
p value | n.s | 0.0272 | n.s | |||