Table 5

Adverse events

Iron groupPlacebo groupP
All adverse events    
    Number of patients reporting events, n (%) 23 (53%) 31 (66%) ns 
    Total number of adverse events, n 52 53 ns 
    Number of serious adverse events, n  
        Appendicitis  
        Traffic accident  
Drug-associated adverse events    
    Number of patients reporting events, n 9 (21%) 3 (7%) .05 
    Total number of adverse events, n 17 ns 
        Nausea  
        Chills  
        Headache  
        Dizziness  
        Chest pain  
        Dysaesthesia  
        Dysgeusia  
        Diarrhea  
Iron groupPlacebo groupP
All adverse events    
    Number of patients reporting events, n (%) 23 (53%) 31 (66%) ns 
    Total number of adverse events, n 52 53 ns 
    Number of serious adverse events, n  
        Appendicitis  
        Traffic accident  
Drug-associated adverse events    
    Number of patients reporting events, n 9 (21%) 3 (7%) .05 
    Total number of adverse events, n 17 ns 
        Nausea  
        Chills  
        Headache  
        Dizziness  
        Chest pain  
        Dysaesthesia  
        Dysgeusia  
        Diarrhea  

P values were calculated with the χ2 test or the Mann Whitney U test (number of events per patient).

ns indicates not significant and no trend (P > .10).

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